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The  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

A.  McLEAN,  President 

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“FATHER  TIME” 


He  states  that  the  world  continues  to  roll  out 
of  darkness  into  light.  He  records  that  the  num¬ 
ber  of  church  members  in  the  non- Christian  world 
has  doubled  in  thirteen  years.  That  is,  that  the 
actual  membership  in  1900  was  1,321,561;  and  now, 
thirteen  years  later,  it  is  2,644,170.  In  other  words, 
as  much  has  been  accomplished  in  thirteen  years 
as  in  one  hundred  years  immediately  preceding. 

Moreover,  “  Father  Time  ”  writes  down  that  the 
Foreign  Society  made  an  encouraging  growth  dur¬ 
ing  the  past  year.  The  advance,  both  at  home  and 
in  the  regions  beyond^  was  fully  equal  to  expecta¬ 
tion  under  all  the  circumstances.  The  receipts 
about  doubled  in  ten  years,  and  the  growth  on  the 
mission  fields  marks  even  greater  enlargement. 

“  Father  Time  ”  lays  no  claim  to  prophecy,  but 
he  expresses  the  deliberate  judgment  that  the  fu¬ 
ture  has  even  larger  things.  He  quotes  John  1 : 50, 
“Thou  shalt  see  greater  things  than  these.” 


INTRODUCTION 


IT  is  believed  that  this  issue  of  the  March 
Offering  Manual  is  a  worthy  successor  to 
those  that  have  been  published.  It  con¬ 
tains  much  valuable  information.  The  diagrams 
are  important  features.  They  are  eloquent. 

The  divisions  into  five  parts  we  believe  will 
make  the  Manual  more  convenient. 

Much  space  is  devoted  to  the  “Every- Mem¬ 
ber  Canvass.”  Full  information  is  given.  Our 
churches  must  be  advised  as  to  the  latest  and 
best  methods.  There  is  no  conflict  between  the 
March  Offering  and  the  Every-Member  Can¬ 
vass.  Indeed  the  one  supplements  the  other. 

We  are  sure  the  Living-link  information 
will  prove  an  inspiration.  Let  it  be  carefully 
studied. 

The  Sermon  Outlines  will  be  most  suggest¬ 
ive  to  our  growing  preachers,  we  are  sure. 

This  number  of  the  Manual  should  be  filed 
and  kept  for  reference. 


1 


PART  I 


Cfte  iWartf) 


Offering 


March  Offering  for  Foreign  Missions 

RESPONSIBILITY 

God  has  crammed  both  thy  palms  with  living  seed ; 

Let  not  a  miser’s  clutch  keep  both  hands  tight, 

But  scatter  on  the  desert’s  barren  need, 

That  fragrant  blossoms  may  reward  God’s  sight. 

God  has  dipped  deep  thy  cup  into  his  spring. 

Which  drippeth  over,  it  is  so  well  filled ; 

Lend  it  to  some  parched  life,  and  let  it  bring 
Laughter  and  song  to  voices  drought  has  stilled. 

God  gave  to  thee  his  only  well-loved  Christ, 

Whose  steps  have  smoothed  the  road  that  leads 
thee  home; 

Tell  those  whose  road  is  rough,  whose  way  is  missed. 
That  he  has  called  all  weary  ones  to  come. 

So  shall  thy  giving  set  for  thee  God’s  smile, 

And  thine  own  soul  drink  deep  draughts  of  his  love; 

Earth’s  shadows  shall  grow  bright  as  heaven  the  while 
A  web  of  glory  round  thy  life  is  wove. 


THE  MEANING 


The  meaning  of  the  March  Offering  is  as  follows: 

1.  It  is  an  expression  of  the  faith  of  the  churches  in 
Jesus  Christ  as  the  Divine  Savior  of  the  world. 

2.  It  testifies  to  the  faith  of  the  churches  in  the  gospel 
and  its  power  to  save  all  men. 

3.  The  March  Offering  is  also  an  expression  of  the  con¬ 
fidence  of  the  churches  in  the  missionaries  on  the  field  and 
an  appreciation  of  the  faithful  service  they  have  rendered. 
They  have  endured  hardness,  they  have  faced  death.  Dur¬ 
ing  the  past  year  three  of  our  missionaries  died.  They  have 
planted  the  banner  of  the  Cross  on  the  grave  of  hoary  pag¬ 
anism. 

4.  The  offering  is  an  expression  of  the  desire  of  the 
churches  to  have  fellowship  with  all  the  infant  churches  in 
the  Far  East — Japan,  China,  Philippines,  Tibet,  India — as 
well  as  in  Africa  and  Cuba.  These  new-born  disciples  cry 
for  fellowship  and  fraternity.  They  long  for  the  touch  of  a 
friendly  hand.  Our  help  in  March  is  a  recognition  of  their 
faith  and  Christian  heroism.  It  is  the  strong  rejoicing  in 
helping  the  weak. 

.  5.  The  offering  testifies  as  to  a  church’s  confidence  in 
the  final  triumph  of  the  truth  in  all  the  earth.  The  whole 
world  is  to  be  Immanuel’s  land.  Our  Lord  is  to  reign  supreme 
among  all  men  in  every  clime.  The  glorious  day  is  rapidly 
approaching.  More  was  accomplished  in  1913  than  in  any 
former  year  since  our  Lord  ascended  on  high,  and  1914  will 
witness  even  greater  victories.  The  growth  during  the  past 
dozen  years  equals  the  growth  from  1800  to  1900. 

6.  The  offering  testifies  as  to  the  life  and  usefulness  of 
the  local  churches.  It  speaks  of  a  church’s  purity  and  unity 
and  intelligent  appreciation  of  all  the  highest  and  best  things 
in  Christian  living.  The  church  that  is  interested  in  a  man 
in  Asia  or  Africa  will  be  interested  in  the  man  on  the  other 
side  of  the  street. 


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Importance  this  Year 


There  is  special  importance  in  the  annual  offering  this 
year.  We  mention  only  a  few.  Others  will  suggest  them¬ 
selves  to  the  friends. 

1.  More  Missionaries.  Last  year  sixteen  new  mission¬ 
aries  were  sent  to  the  field.  The  traveling  expense,  outfit 
money,  and  incidental  expense  made  a  heavy  draft  upon  the 
treasury.  This  is  more  than  we  ever  sent  out  in  any  one 
year  before.  We  now  have  a  larger  number  of  missionaries 
on  the  field  than  at  any  one  time  in  the  history  of  the  Foreign 
Society.  This  makes  the  offering  important. 

2.  The  work  is  larger.  There  are  two  new  hospitals, 
more  schools  than  a  year  ago,  many  more  buildings  than  at 
this  time  last  year,  the  school  attendance  is  larger,  more  in 
the  churches,  Sunday-schools  are  growing;  in  a  word,  the 
whole  work  is  in  every  way  larger.  Increased  work  demands 
larger  outlay. 

3.  We  have  not  yet  reached  the  $500,000.  Last  year 
the  receipts  went  up  to  $434,183,  a  gain  of  $33,454.  We  had 
hoped  to  make  good  the  watchword,  $500,000.  Let  us  make 
another  attempt.  Our  people  are  abundantly  able  to  give 
this  amount.  May  we  not  unitedly  labor  for  this  mark? 
That  $500,000  would  give  us  a  feeling  of  self-respect  and  a 
consciousness  of  our  real  power. 

4.  Enlargement  needed.  The  work  is  suffering  in 

India  for  reinforcements.  The  missionary  staff  in  that  land 

is  no  larger  than  it  was  a  dozen  years  ago.  One  station  has 

been  closed  for  want  of  more  workers.  Ten  strong  men  could 

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be  used  in  that  land  in  our  work.  We  need  more  missionaries 
in  Japan.  This  need  is  most  urgent.  And  the  call  from 
China  is  unceasing.  Africa  reaches  out  her  large,  black  hand 
and  begs  for  the  bread  of  life.  And  the  Philippines  are  ask¬ 
ing  persistently  for  reinforcements. 

5.  The  offering  is  important  for  our  own  sakes.  We 

need  the  discipline  and  self-denial.  This  cause  is  the  hope 
of  our  churches.  It  affords  us  a  worthy  task.  If  the  churches 
neglect  Foreign  Missions  they  will  be  dead  though  they  pre¬ 
tend  to  live.  World-evangelization  strengthens  and  vitalizes 
a  church.  It  gives  it  red  blood  and  strong  muscles.  A  great 
task  gives  purpose  and  faith  and  self-respect.  Missionary 
churches  grow  and  prosper;  o-missionary  churches  dwindle 
and  perish.  This  is  the  history  of  Christianity.  These  things 
we  see  with  our  own  eyes  day  by  day. 

This  offering  is  exceedingly  important,  and  we  hope 
every  friend  of  the  gospel  will  lend  a  hand. 


Points  for  Special  Emphasis 

The  following  points  should  receive  special  em¬ 
phasis  in  our  March  Offering  Campaign. 

1.  A  greatly-increased  force  of  missionaries  is 
urgently  needed. 

2.  A  higher  type  of  leadership  imperative. 

3.  A  vastly  increased  sum  of  money. 

4.  Missions  a  mighty  apologetic. 

5.  World-wide  Christianity  the  only  adequate 
Christianity. 

6.  Urgency  of  the  present  situation. 


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5 


MARCH  OFFERING 


Timely  Suggestions 

1.  The  Announcement  This  may  seem  to  be  a  small  mat¬ 
ter,  but  it  is  not.  Let  it  be  made  clearly  and  distinctly. 
The  first  announcement  should  probably  be  made  not 
later  than  the  first  Sunday  in  February.  A  joyous,  hope¬ 
ful,  expectant  announcement  will  tell. 

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2.  A  Special  Feature.  It  is  well  to  have  some  special  feature 
in  the  March  Offering  every  year.  It  seems  that  the 
emphasis  this  year  may  appropriately  be  put  upon  the 
rapid  growth  of  the  work  and  the  splendid  open  doors 
before  us. 

3.  Taken  for  Granted.  The  offering  should  be  considered 
as  a  matter  of  course.  It  should  have  a  place  in  the  life 
of  the  church,  like  baptism  or  the  Lord’s  Supper. 

4.  A  Church  Rally.  We  hope  you  can  arrange  for  a  church 
rally  in  your  congregation  on  Sunday  night  before  the 
March  Offering.  This  will  go  far  toward  educating  the 
members  and  arousing  them  to  the  importance  of  the 
work. 

5.  The  Apportionment.  The  apportionment  in  a  church  is 
a  real  test.  Strike  high!  and,  as  one  preacher  puts  it, 
‘Then  strike  again.”  The  apportionment  will  help  to 
reveal  the  church  to  itself. 

6.  March  Offering  Supplies.  Make  the  most  you  can  out 
of  the  March  Offering  supplies.  Use  the  literature  and 
the  March  Offering  Envelope.  Make  the  best  possible 
use  out  of  the  pastoral  letter.  The  March  Offering  En¬ 
velope  will  prove  very  useful.  Please  be  careful  to  write 
the  name  of  each  member  on  the  envelope  before  sending 
out  or  handing  out.  Stick  a  pin  here!  Two  pins,  if 
necessary. 


6 


Hold  on  to  the  Missionary  Days 


Churches  that  have  adopted  the  duplex  envelope  and 
take  an  offering  for  missions  and  benevolence  each  week 
should  on  no  account  abandon  the  regular  ‘‘days.”  The  first 
Sunday  in  March  is  known  as  the  time  for  the  annual  offer¬ 
ing  in  the  churches  for  Foreign  Missions.  That  day  has  been 
advertised  until  it  is  burned  into  the  consciousness  of  all  our 
people.  The  same  is  true  of  the  first  Sunday  in  May  with 
respect  to  Home  Missions.  These  days  are  a  valuable  asset 
to  the  Societies,  and  can  not  be  dispensed  with  without  loss 
to  the  work. 

The  regular  day  should  be  observed  for  educational 
purposes  and  for  liberal  offerings  as  well,  for  even  if  the  church 
does  adopt  the  duplex  envelope,  only  a  fraction  of  the  mem¬ 
bership  will  give  every  week.  If  the  regular  days  are  not 
observed,  those  who  do  not  give  each  week  will  have  no  op¬ 
portunity  to  give  throughout  the  year.  Besides,  the  days 
should  be  observed  for  the  benefit  of  strangers  who  may 
happen  to  be  present.  They  should  have  the  privilege  of 
assisting  the  work  as  the  Lord  has  prospered  them. 

The  minister  of  one  of  our  largest  and  best  missionary 
churches  was  asked  how  he  raised  money  for  missions  and 
benevolence.  He  said  that  he  used  every  plan  of  which  he 
had  knowledge.  The  church  has  adopted  the  duplex  en¬ 
velope.  He  calls  attention  to  the  envelope  from  time  to 
time.  There  are  some  tithers  in  that  congregation.  But  all 
the  days  are  observed,  and  those  present  are  urged  to  give 
something  extra.  The  minister  knows  that  few  of  his  people 
are  giving  as  much  as  they  should  give,  and  that  he  is  helping 
them  and  helping  the  work  by  getting  them  to  give  some¬ 
thing  additional  on  the  regular  days. 

It  is  a  great  mistake  not  to  conserve  these  days  that 
have  been  built  up  at  such  a  cost,  and  through  such  a  long 
period  of  time. 

A  secretary  in  another  religious  body  that  does  not  have 
special  missionary  days  said  we  had  a  great  advantage  by 
observing  a  special  day  in  the  interest  of  Foreign  Missions 
or  of  Home  Missions. 

Some  churches  have  made  a  splendid  success  by  the 
“Budget  Plan;”  other  churches  have  dropped  down  in  their 
offerings. 


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What  Method? 


In^securing  the  annual  offerings  in  the  churches  for  Foreign 
Missions,  three  methods  are  employed: 

1.  One  method  is  called  the  “Budget  Plan”  or  “Omnibus 
Plan.”  By  this  plan  only  one  offering  is  taken  during  the  whole 
year,  and  the  church  divides  it  up  among  the  various  missionary 
and  benevolent  interests.  The  day  is  set  apart  for  this  offering 
and  more  or  less  preparation  is  made  for  it.  Some  reference  is 
made  to  all  our  missionary  and  benevolent  work,  but,  as  a  matter 
of  course,  no  very  special  emphasis  can  be  given  to  any  one  in  a 
single  day  and  in  a  special  service  like  this.  However,  this  method 
is  popular  with  some.  An  Iowa  pastor  says :  “We  use  the  Budget 
Plan,  and  find  it  quite  satisfactory.  It  is  much  better  than  ob¬ 
serving  every  missionary  day.”  An  Illinois  preacher,  however, 
speaks  as  follows,  “The  Omnibus  Plan  was  a  failure,  as  we  did 
not  get  as  much  as  when  we  took  pledges  for  each  separate  cause.” 
It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  no  plan  will  succeed  that  is 
not  worked  conscientiously  and  thoroughly  and  intelligently, 

2.  The  second  is  the  “Duplex  Envelope.”  By  this  method  a 
canvass  is  usually  made  of  the  whole  church  before  the  beginning 
of  the  new  year  and  every  member  is  asked  to  subscribe  a  definite 
amount  for  missions  to  be  paid  weekly,  just  as  the  current  ex¬ 
penses  are  paid.  This  plan  also  has  warm  advocates.  A  Missouri 
pastor  says,  ‘  ‘It  works  well  in  getting  the  money. ’  ’  A  Washington 
pastor  also  says,  “We  find  it  much  easier  to  raise  the  amount  to 
support  our  pastor,  and  the  same  with  the  missionary  offerings.” 
However,  this  plan  has  reduced  the  offerings  in  some  of  the 
churches,  not  because  the  plan  is  not  a  good  one,  but  because  it 
was  not  faithfully  and  persistently  worked.  Remember  this. 

3.  The  third  plan,  and  the  one  most  generally  used  among 
our  churches,  is  to  observe  a  special  day  for  the  offering  accord¬ 
ing  to  the  schedule  of  the  National  Convention.  This  method 
has  been  tried  and  found  successful.  There  is  an  advantage  in 
having  a  certain  day  set  apart  for  a  particular  interest.  It  is  like 
a  dedication  day  or  the  day  of  beginning  a  great  revival,  or  an 
annual  commemoration.  It  can  be  said  that  there  is  more  en¬ 
thusiasm  on  a  special  day.  It  has  the  advantage  of  presenting 
one  thing  at  a  time.  More  concrete  and  definite  information 
can  be  given. 

Our  own  thought  is  that  the  churches  should  not  be  hasty 
in  breaking  away  from  the  special  day.  The  chief  point  is  not 
the  easiest  way,  but  the  way  that  will  produce  the  largest  returns. 
Let  these  methods  be  carefully  considered  before  final  steps  are 
taken.  It  requires  persistent  teaching  and  constant  watchful¬ 
ness  to  keep  alive  the  missionary  interest  in  any  church,  just  as 
it  requires  diligence  to  keep  alive  the  church  itself. 

8 


God’s  Challenge 


Again  the  world  stands  at  the 
cross-roads  of  history.  A  few  brief 
years  will  fix  the  course  of  centuries. 

Great  crises  will  come  again,  but 
they  will  spring  from  the  crisis  of  our 
day.  New  institutions,  new  nations, 
will  be  developed,  but  we  shall  de¬ 
termine  whether  they  shall  be  Chris¬ 
tian. 

Never  again  can  China  arouse  it¬ 
self  from  the  quiet  of  centuries  into 
a  Republic. 

Never  again  can  the  vast  social 
movements  which  are  remaking  our 
homes,  our  industry,  our  very  ideals 
be  so  easily  Christianized. 

Never  again  can  the  Gospel  help 
organize  a  new  civilization  among 
the  hundreds  of  millions  who  never 
heard  of  Jesus. 

Never  again  can  we  be  in  a  position 
to  fix  the  future  of  those  who  are  to 
come  after  us. 

Christianity  must  dominate  the 
new  forces,  the  new  conditions,  the 
new  nations,  the  new  institutions, 
the  new  ideals  now  or  lose  the  greatest 


opportunity  the  church  has  ever 
faced. 

We  blame  the  church  of  the  past — 
of  Judea,  of  the  Roman  Empire,  of 
the  Crusades,  of  the  Reformation,  of 
the  American  Colonies — because  it 
did  not  know  the  day  of  its  visitation 
and  let  so  many  opportunities  slip 
from  its  grasp. 

Will  the  future  say  the  same  of 
us? 

No  generation  ever  faced  such  pos¬ 
sibilities  of  future  weal  or  woe  as 
does  ours  as  it  sees  nations  being  re¬ 
born,  civilizations  looking  to  the 
church  for  guidance,  and  yet  sees  the 
forces  of  evil,  of  Paganism,  of  Mo¬ 
hammedanism  growing  more  ag¬ 
gressive. 

The  church  of  Jesus  Christ  must 
grow  militant  or  it  will  grow  feeble. 

Christians  must  sacrifice  for  their 
Master  or  see  their  Master  put  to  an 
open  shame. 

The  opportunity  is  marvelous  and 
appalling. 

It  is  God’s  challenge  to  his  church. 


Six  Reasons 

Why  Every  Church  Should  Contribute  to 

Foreign  Missions 


First.  Because  the  Master  calls.  He 
has  said  to  go,  and  every  church 
must  participate  in  the  going  or 
fail  in  its  loyalty  to  Him. 

Second.  Because  the  money  is  greatly 
needed.  The  work  is  enlarging,  the 
unentered  fields  are  calling,  the 
missionaries  plead  for  funds  for 
their  work,  and  the  decisive  hour 
for  Christianity  in  foreign  fields  has 
come. 

Third.  Because  the  churches  need 
the  fellowship.  The  churches  need 
to  be  saved  as  well  as  the  heathen. 
Only  the  church  that  goes  is  prom¬ 
ised  the  blessing  of  the  presence  of 
Christ.  A  worthy  part  in  world 
missions  will  save  the  churches 
from  littleness,  worldliness,  and 
sectarianism. 


Fourth.  Because  the  Gospel  is  ade¬ 
quate  to  save.  One  needs  but  to  see 
the  transformations  worked  by  the 
Gospel  in  mission  lands  to  have  his 
faith  greatly  strengthened. 

Fifth.  Because  only  through  the 
churches  and  their  giving  will  the 
lost  world  be  reached.  A  native 
chief  in  Central  Africa  recently  said 
to  one  of  our  missionaries,  “White 
man,  if  you  do  not  come  and  tell 
us  the  words  of  God,  we  have  no 
opportunity.” 

Sixth.  Because  the  large  work  of 
world  redemption  includes  all 
Christian  work  in  its  blessed  circle. 
Get  a  church  deeply  interested  in 
the  work  of  Christ  in  distant  lands, 
and  you  will  have  no  trouble  in 
interesting  it  in  every  good  work 
everywhere. 


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How  will  YOU  Vote 

March  1st? 


THE  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH  MISSIONARY  BALLOT 

WOMEN  CAN  VOTE  AT  THIS  ELECTION ! 

To  vote  a  straight  party  ticket  mark 
of  the  party  of  your  choice. 

a  cross  (X)  in  the  square  opposite  the  name 

NAME  OF  PARTY 
Do-Nothing  | 

□ 

If  I  am  able  to  give  and  refuse  to  give 

1  anything  to  Missions  I  place  myself  in  the 
Do-Nothing  party  and  cast  my  ballot  in 

1  favor  of  the  recall  of  every  missionary  in 
the  foreign  field. 

Do-Less  1 

□ 

If  I  give  less  than  heretofore,  unless  be¬ 
cause  of  diminished  income,  I  favor  a  re- 
1  duction  of  the  missionary  forces  propor¬ 
tionate  to  my  reduced  contribution. 

Stand -Pat  | 

□ 

1  If  I  give  the  same  as  formerly,  I  favor 
holding  the  ground  already  won,  but  I 

1  oppose  any  forward  movement. 

Conquest  | 

□ 

1  If  I  advance  my  offering  beyond  former 
years,  then  I  favor  advance  and  the  con- 
1  quest  of  the  world  for  Christ. 

THERE  ARE  NO  STAY-AT-HOMES  IN  THIS  ELECTION,  EVERY 
MEMBER  VOTES  WITH  ONE  OF  THESE  FOUR  PARTIES 

Vote  your  ballot  in  one  of  the  above  spaces  now  and  be  ready  when 
you  are  called  upon.  Then  prepare  yourself  by  prayer  and  study  and 
by  recalling  your  obligation  as  a  steward  to  do  your  duty,  the  first 
Sunday  in  March. 

How  did  the  New  Testament  Christians  vote  ? 

How  did  Paul  vote  ? 

How  will  YOU  vote? 

CHRIST  said :  “  He  that  is  not  with  Me  is  against  Me, 
and  he  who  gathereth  not  with  Me  scattereth.” 


YOUR  VOTE  HAS  A  BEARING  ON  THE 
EVANGELIZATION  OF  THE  WHOLE  WORLD 


NOTE: — Here  is  material  for  a  good  sermon. 


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New  Church  Buildings  and  Missionary  Offerings 


The  supreme  mission  of  the  church  is  the  evangelization 
and  Christianization  of  the  nations  of  the  earth.  Everything 
else  must  be  held  subordinate  to  this.  Not  the  building  and 
equipment  of  splendid  houses  of  worship,  however  important 
this  may  be,  is  the  first  and  divinely  ordained  work  of  the  church, 
but  the  seeking  and  enlarging  of  the  Kingdom  of  God.  What¬ 
ever  else  we  may  do,  or  may  not  do,  this  must  be  done. 

If  this  tendency  to  neglect  and  to  ignore  our  missionary 
offerings  because,  forsooth,  we  are  building  a  fine  house  should 
become  general  just  now,  or  at  any  time  in  our  history,  what 
would  become  of  our  rapidly  growing  work  in  the  regions  be¬ 
yond?  How  can  we  seriously  determine  upon  a  course  that 
would  greatly  cripple  our  world-wide  service?  I  am  satisfied 
that  if  our  preachers  and  consecrated  building  committees  will 
think  prayerfully  on  these  things,  no  such  action  will  ever  be 
taken. 

The  year  we  built  our  splendid  house  here  in  Winchester 
marked  the  largest  offering  for  missions  and  benevolences  the 
church  had  ever  before  made,  the  total  gifts  for  .these  Kingdom 
enterprises  amounting  to  more  than  $3,000.  We  are  not  refer¬ 
ring  to  this  in  any  spirit  of  self-praise,  but  rather  to  assure  our 
brethren  of  our  great  joy  in  our  unbroken  fellowship  in  the 
preaching  of  the  Gospel  to  the  whole  world. 

Whatever  else  we  do,  let  us  not  neglect  to  help  Christ  in  his 
mighty  task  of  world-wide  redemption.  Let  us  not  refuse  to 
enter  into  “the  fellowship  of  His  sufferings”  for  the  deliverance 
of  the  world  from  sin.  He  is  depending  upon  us  for  this  service. 
For  his  sake  and  ours  and  those  for  whom  he  died,  let  us  not 
disappoint  him. 


Winchester,  Ky. 


J.  H.  MAC  NEILL. 


A  STUDY  IN  CONTRASTS 


The  church  at  Bolenge, 
Africa,  was  organized  ten 
years  ago  and  now  has  1,300 
members.  Seventy- six  evan¬ 
gelists  are  sent  out  from 
this  church,  of  which  the 
congregation  supports  fifty. 


Christian  gladly  Home  Christian 
bearing  his  tithe  sweating  under  a 


load. 


mite  load. 


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The  Preacher  and  the  March  Offering 


The  offering  depends  very  largely  upon  the  preacher.  As  a 
matter  of  course  he  knows  more  about  the  work  than  the  people 
whom  he  serves.  He  has  access  to  the  sources  of  information. 
It  is  his  business  to  know  the  facts.  He  must  instruct  them  in  all 
that  relates  to  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom.  He  must 
make  them  see  the  truth  as  he  sees  it,  and  feel  about  this  enter¬ 
prise  as  he  feels.  As  he  is  in  knowledge  and  enthusiasm,  so  will 
they  be  in  interest  and  liberality.  Not.  only  so,  but  he  must 
form  plans  for  raising  the  offering.  Every  believer  must  be 
solicited  to  do  his  part. 

Some  preachers  never  fail.  No  matter  where  they  are,  or 
how  hard  times  are,  or  how  inclement  the  weather,  they  always 
secure  liberal  offerings.  The  explanation  is  easy.  They  keep 
informed  on  missions,  and  they  keep  their  hearers  informed. 
They  preach  on  missions  and  pray  for  missions  every  week  in  the 
year.  They  are  in  upright  and  downright  earnest.  To  their 
minds  the  evangelization  of  the  world  is  the  greatest  of  all  enter¬ 
prises.  They  see  that  the  congregation  is  thoroughly  canvassed. 
They  go  about  raising  an  offering  as  they  would  to  secure  funds 
to  build  or  repair  a  house  of  worship.  They  undertake  to  raise 
a  handsome  amount.  They  confidently  expect  it.  They  give 
generously  themselves.  By  doing  so  they  provoke  others  to  do 
likewise.  The  people  catch  some  of  their  enthusiasm  and  re¬ 
spond  worthily.  Such  men  can  not  fail. 

Others  equally  gifted  and  eloquent  never  succeed.  No 
matter  where  they  preach,  or  how  large  and  rich  the  congrega¬ 
tion,  or  how  favorable  the  occasion,  they  get  little  or  nothing. 
The  reason  here,  too,  is  plain.  They  are  not  in  touch  with  the 
workers  or  in  sympathy  with  the  work.  They  do  not  know  what 
has  been  done  or  the  pressing  needs  of  the  field.  The  evangeliza¬ 
tion  of  the  world  is  not  a  burden  on  their  hearts.  They  do  not  lie 
awake  at  night  and  think  about  it  and  plan  to  assist  it.  They  do 
not  preach  about  it.  They  do  not  pour  out  their  souls  to  God 
in  the  fervor  and  passion  of  prayer  on  its  behalf.  It  is  not  in  all 
their  thoughts.  If  the  people  want  to  give,  they  will  not  object, 
but  they  never  urge  them  to  abound  in  the  grace  of  giving.  The 
truth  is,  that  there  are  men  in  the  pulpit  to  whom  this  great 
enterprise  is  a  matter  of  small  importance.  They  do  not  say 
with  the  Prophet  of  the  Lord,  “For  Zion’s  sake  I  will  not  rest, 
and  for  Jerusalem’s  sake  I  will  not  hold  my  peace,  till  the  right¬ 
eousness  thereof  go  forth  as  brightness,  and  the  salvation  thereof 
as  a  lamp  that  burneth.”  No  wonder  they  get  so  little.  The 
baskets  come  back  almost  as  empty  as  they  went  out.  No  canvass 
has  been  made.  The  preacher  has  made  no  contribution.  There 
was  no  fire  in  the  pulpit,  and  the  pews  were  cold  in  consequence. 

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Sermon  Outlines 


(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

How  We  Might  be  Excused 

j.  p.  Mcknight. 

Text:  And  they  straightway  began  to 
make  excuse. — Luke  14:  18. 

INTRODUCTION.— Disposition  of 
men  to  make  excuse. 

1.  We  might  be  excused  from 
preaching  the  gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  Jesus  had  not  commanded  us  to 
“go.”  But  He  did.  The  commission 
is  world-wide  and  imperative.  The 
command  is  authoritative. 

2.  We  might  be  excused  from 
preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  the  doors  of  entrance  to  the  nations 
of  the  world  were  closed.  But  they 
are  not.  The  Macedonian  hand  is 
beckoning  from  every  quarter  of  the 
globe. 

3.  We  might  be  excused  from 
preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  there  were  no  results.  But  there 
are.  The  success  of  modern  missions 
is  one  of  the  most  wonderful  and 
glorious  chapters  in  the  history  of 
the  world. 

4.  We  might  be  excused  from 

preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  we  were  too  poor  to  send  it.  But 
we  are  not.  Note  the  marvelous 
wealth  of  this  land  and  of  church 
members. 

5.  We  might  be  excused  from 

preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  we  were  not  responsible  for  the  use 
of  our  money.  But  we  are. 

6.  We  might  be  excused  from 

preaching  the  Gospel  to  the  heathen 
if  they  might  be  saved  in  any  other 
way.  But  they  can  not. 

CONCLUSION.— There  is  no  reas¬ 
onable  excuse. 

Pasadena,  Cal. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

The  Crowning  Glory 

THOS.  L.  LOWE. 

Text:  But  far  be  it  from  me  to  glory, 
save  in  the  cross  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. — Galatians  6: 14. 

INTRODUCTION.  —  World  -  wide 
evangelism  is  the  crowning  glory  of 
the  church. 


1.  Evangelism  is  the  crowning 
glory,  for  it  is  the  crowning  command* 

(a.)  It  is  last. 

(b.)  It  is  highest.  , 

(c.)  It  is  final. 

(d.)  It  is  perpetual. 

(e.)  It  is  inexorable. 

2.  Being  the  crowning  command, 
then,  it  will  ever  be  the  crowning  mis¬ 
sion  of  the  church. 

3.  Evangelism  is,  moreover,  the 
crowning  need  of  the  world. 

4.  Evangelism  was  the  crowning, 
glory  of  the  apostolic  church.  And,, 
as  it  was  the  crowning  glory  of  the 
church  of  that  age,  so  it  is  the  crown¬ 
ing  glory  of  the  church  of  this  age. 

5.  But  evangelism  is  the  crowning 
glory  because,  and  supremely  be¬ 
cause,  through  it  is  Jesus  revealed  as 
the  “Lamb  of  God  that  taketh  away 
the  sins  of  the  world.”  Paul  knew 
and  taught  two  things — 2l  world  of 
sin  and  a  mighty  Savior  for  it.  He 
had  but  one  purpose— to  get  the  two- 
together. 

CONCLUSION. — And  because  evan¬ 
gelism  is  the  God-ordered  method  by 
which  Christ  is  to  be  made  known 
and  brought  near  to  men  as  Savior, 
it  is,  and  ever  shall  be,  the  crowning, 
glory  of  the  Church  of  the  living  God.. 

Columbus,  O. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

Foreign  Missions.  Why.^ 

C.  O.  REYNARD. 

Our  generation  is  confronted  with 
tasks  grouped  under  title  “Foreign 
Missions”:  Evangelistic,  medical,, 
educational,  social.  No  lines  of  race,, 
or  national  life,  recognize  as  bound¬ 
ing  the  task.  Our  generation  is  justi¬ 
fied  in  asking  the  question,  “Why?” 

1.  The  need  of  the  fields. — Men, 
our  brothers  living  and  dying  in  abas¬ 
ing  sin,  dense  ignorance,  as  in  Africa, 
or  in  civilizations  inadequate,  as  in 
India;  every  land  that  is  non-Chris¬ 
tian  can  be,  MUST  BE,  helped,  up¬ 
lifted,  by  message  of  Cross. 

2.  The  need  of  the  church. — Needs 
great  objective  to  keep  her  life  pure. 
Illustration. — Church  of  Middle  Ages 
torn  by  polemics  when  no  foreign 
missionary  spirit.  Churches  live 
when  they  give.  Foreign  Missions 
the  great  challenge  which  invigorates 
church. 


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3.  The  need  of  individual  Chris¬ 
tian. — Our  generation  living  too  easily 
in  luxury.  Life  of  Christians  needs 
big  tasks.  Flaming  martyrs  lighted 
ancient  world  —  need  men  to-day 
flaming  with  zeal  for  unsaved  to  set 
our  world  on  fire. 

4.  “The  Lord  hath  need.” — He 
identifies  Himself  with  human  need, 
“unto  them,  unto  Me.”  Ancient 
world  in  need  brought  Him  here; 
part  of  modern  world  in  just  such 
need  as  existed  then;  how  His  heart 
must  ache;  would  send  us  in  His 
stead.  Loftis  wanting  to  bandage 
wound  in  His  side,  went  to  Tibet  to 
do  it.  Right. 

My  offering  is  inadequate  that  does 
not — meet  my  share  of  world’s  need; 
— enlarge  my  church’s  life  and  min¬ 
istry;  — express  my  faith,  hope,  love 
as  larger  than  ever  before;  — indicate 
my  love,  allegiance,  and  obedience 
for  and  to  my  Lord.  “As  seeing  Him 
— invisible.” 

Toronto,  Can. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Theme: 

The  Great  Commission 

I.  J.  SPENCER. 

Text;  “All  authority  hath  been  given 
unto  Me  in  heaven  and  on  earth.  Go 
ye,  etc.”— Matt.  28;  18-20. 

INTRODUCTION.— Consider  these 
words  as  introductory  to  a  new  dis¬ 
pensation.  All  nations  are  invited  to 
the  Gospel  feast. 

1.  CONSIDER  THE  GREAT  AU¬ 

THORITY. 

In  Him  heaven  and  earth  are 
united.  His  authority  absolute,  uni¬ 
versal,  merited,  acknowledged.  The 
secret  of  the  unity  for  which  He 
prayed  is  in  making  Him  first  and 
last,  “God  over  all,  blessed  forever.” 

2.  CONSIDER  THE  GREAT  SCOPE 

OF  HIS  ENTERPRISE. 

It  comprehends  strangers  and  sav¬ 
ages  without  written  language.  It 
extends  into  deadly  climates  and  hos¬ 
tile  territories.  Cite  Paul,  who 
pushed  out  among  Gentiles  and  into 
foreign  nations;  Carey,  Livingstone, 
and  others.  We  are  fruit  of  foreign 
missions. 

3.  CONSIDER  THE  GREAT  PUR¬ 
POSE  OF  THE  COMMISSION. 

To  make  disciples.  To  make  more 
disciples.  No  church  designed  to  re¬ 
ceive  and  not  give.  Every  disciple 
called  to  be  a  missionary. 


4.  CONSIDER  THE  WONDERFUL 

MEANS  OF  SALVATION. 

The  Gospel  is  the  power  of  God  to 
salvation.  Faith  cometh  by  hearing 
the  Word  of  God.  The  Word  is  the 
seed  of  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

5.  CONSIDER  THE  GREAT  PROM¬ 
ISE,  “I  AM  WITH  YOU  ALWAYS.” 

He  is  present  in  the  heart  of  the 
missionary;  in  providence  and  in  the 
Word.  His  words  are  spirit  and  life. 
He  is  present  to  grant  love,  wisdom, 
hope,  courage,  and  success. 

“If  ye  abide  in  Me  and  my  words 
abide  in  you  ye  shall  ask  what  ye  will 
and  it  shall  be  done  unto  you.” 

CONCLUSION.— Will  you  accept 
the  Divine  partnership  and  take  God 
as  your  Companion?  ' 

Lexington,  Ky. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

The  Christ — A  Missionary 
Guest 

W.  A.  FITE. 

Text;  “Behold,  I  stand  at  the  door 
and  knock,  etc.” — Rev.  3;  20. 

INTRODUCTION. 

Text  is  addressed  to  church.  It  is 
a  part  of  the  letter  of  our  Lord  to  the 
Church  of  Laodicea,  which  was  noted 
for  its  lukewarmness,  self-satisfac¬ 
tion,  and  spirit  of  compromise.  The 
city  of  Laodicea  was  noted  for  its 
banks,  the  manufacture  of  fine,  rare 
garments  of  glossy  black  and  violet 
colors,  and  a  school  of  medicine 
which  made  an  ointment  for  the  eye. 
The  church  trusted  more  in  the 
banks  than  the  true  riches — “gold 
refined  in  the  fire,”  more  in  its  woolen 
clothes  than  “the  white  garments” 
of  righteousness,  more  in  its  oint¬ 
ments  than  in  “the  eyesalve”  of 
Christ. 

Same  type  of  churches  to-day. 
The  message  is  for  self-satisfied,  luke¬ 
warm,  materialistic  churches. 

I.  A  PERSISTENT  VISITOR. 

The  knocking,  calling  Christ.  “Be¬ 
hold  I  stand  at  the  door  and  knock 
if  any  man  hear  My  voice.” 

1.  The  Call  of  the  Christ.  “If  any 
man  hear  my  voice.” 

(a.)  That  voice  to  the  unchristian 
is,  “COME.”— Matt.  11;  28;  John 
6;  37;  Luke  14;  17;  Mark  10;  21;  Rev. 
22:  17. 

(b.)  That  voice  to  Christian  is, 
“GO.”— Matt.  28:19;  Mark  16:  15; 
Luke  10:3;  John  20:21. 


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To  the  self-satisfied  Christian  or 
church,  doing  nothing  for  the  world’s 
salvation,  Jesus  conies  knocking  and 
calling.  His  knock  is  for  entrance; 
His  call  is  to  go.  He  promises  to  be 
with  those  who  “GO.” — Matt.  28:20. 

H.  CONDITIONS  OF  ENTRANCE. 
“Hear  My  voice  and  open  the  door.” 

1.  Hear  My  voice. 

It  is  not  as  if  he  stood  at  the  door 
saying,  “Let  me  come  in,  let  me 
come  in.”  But  he  stands  there  say¬ 
ing,  “Go  ye  into  all  the  world.  Go, 
go,  go.”  Jesus  is  not  a  fawning  syco¬ 
phant  begging  for  entrance;  he  is  a 
manly  messenger  calling  to  service. 
It  is  not  the  voice  of  invitation,  but 
the  voice  of  proclamation;  not  the 
voice  of  entreaty,  but  the  voice  of 
command.  He  is  not  a  beggar  asking 
favors;  he  is  a  King  issuing  orders. 
To  the  unconverted  he  stands  (is  no¬ 
where  represented  as  knocking)  with 
outstretched  hands  saying,  “COME.” 
But  to  the  Christian  he  knocks  to 
give  the  alarm  of  the  dying  world  and 
says,  “GO.” 

2.  “Open  the  door.” 

(a.)  The  door  of  the  mind — to  un¬ 
derstand  his  will. 

(b.)  The  door  of  the  heart — to 
sympathize  with  his  plans. 

(c.)  The  door  of  the  will — to  exe¬ 
cute  his  orders. 

(d.)  The  door  of  our  homes — that 
sons  and  daughters  may  become  mis¬ 
sionaries. 

(e.)  The  door  of  our  bank  vaults — 
that  the  laborers  may  be  paid. 

HI.  THE  BLESSINGS  BESTOWED. 

1.  Jesus  our  guest.  “I  will  come 
in  and  sup  with  him.” 

If  it  is  an  honor  to  entertain  earth‘s 
dignitaries  and  rulers,  it  is  a  greater 
honor  to  entertain  the  King  of  kings 
and  Lord  of  lords. 

2.  We  are  to  be  His  guests.  “And 
he  with  Me.”  In  the  Kingdom  to 
come  we  shall  be  guests  at  the  bridal 
feast  of  the  Lamb. 

Paducah,  Ky. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

The  Paramount  Issue 

W.  S.  PRIEST. 

Matt.  28:  19-20. 

The  famous  Nebraskan  who  now 
occupies  the  exalted  position  of  Sec¬ 
retary  of  State  once  had  a  great  lec¬ 
ture  on  “The  Paramount  Issue.” 
The  phrase  became  familiar  to  all 
the  people.  It  had  to  do,  of  course, 
with  politics,  and,  while  accepted  by 


many  in  the  party  to  which  he  be¬ 
longed,  it  was  rejected  by  those  of  the 
opposite  side.  But  to  the  Christian 
the  issue  that  is  above  every  other 
issue — the  “paramount  issue” — is  the 
evangelization  of  the  world ;  and  this 
is  true  because — 

I.  IT  WAS  THE  LAST  COMMAND 
OF  THE  RISEN  LORD. 

Indeed,  it  was  the  last  recorded 
command  given  by  Christ  to  his  dis¬ 
ciples  after  his  resurrection.  This 
fact,  therefore,  enhances  its  impor¬ 
tance.  Jesus  must  have  regarded  the 
evangelization  of  the  world  as  the 
most  sacred  and  important  duty  he 
had  to  lay  upon  the  heart  of  his  fol¬ 
lowers,  else  he  never  would  have  given 
that  command  just  before  his  ascen¬ 
sion.  Jesus  expected  that  his  dis¬ 
ciples  would  obey  him;  and  since 
loyalty  to  the  Master  is  shown  by  the 
readiness  with  which  we  obey  him, 
we  surely  can  not  be  regarded  as 
loyal  if  we  refuse  to  obey  him  in  this 
respect.  It  is  the  will  of  the  Father 
that  the  nations  be  given  the  Son  as 
his  inheritance;  but  how  can  this  be 
done  if  we  withhold  the  Gospel  from 
the  nations?  It  is  the  paramount 
issue  because — 

H.  THE  SALVATION  OF  THE  INDI¬ 
VIDUAL  CHRISTIAN  AND  OF  THE 
CHURCH  DEPENDS  UPON  IT. 

It  was  never  intended  by  our  Lord 
that  his  religion  should  be  a  selfish, 
personal  religion.  As  individuals  and 
as  churches  we  are  to  save  ourselves 
by  helping  Jesus  save  the  world.  The 
one  distinguishing  feature  of  Chris¬ 
tianity  is  that  it  is  self-propagating. 
It  is  the  religion  of  conquest.  No 
real  Christian  can  keep  the  “good 
news”  to  himself.  He  must  tell  it  to 
others.  That ’s  why  it  spread  so 
rapidly  during  the  first  centuries. 
Every  disciple  was  a  preacher  of  the 
glad  tidings.  So  must  it  be  now. 
Missions  is  the  very  heart  and  life  of 
the  church.  Said  Alexander  Camp¬ 
bell:  “The  church  is,  and  ought  to 
be,  a  great  missionary  society.  Her 
parish  is  the  whole  earth,  from  sea 
to  sea  and  from  the  Euphrates  to  the 
last  domicile  of  man.  A  Christian 
community  without  missions  and 
missionaries  would  be  a  solecism  in 
creation,  and  a  gross  deviation  from 
the  order,  the  economy,  and  the  gov¬ 
ernment  of  the  universe.”  That  the 
growth  and  prosperity  of  any  congre¬ 
gation  depend  upon  its  interest  in 
the  work  of  the  Gospel  in  the  regions 
beyond  is  a  truth  so  obvious  as  to 
need  no  argument.  Says  Doctor 
Pentecost:  “He  must  be  a  blind 


15 


student  of  the  providential  order  and 
the  spiritual  economy  of  the  King¬ 
dom  of  God  who  does  not  see  that  all 
the  ultimate  home  interests  and 
prosperity  of  the  church — even  her 
very  existence — are  dependent  upon 
the  measure  of  active  interest  we  take 
in  the  success  of  our  mission  work 
abroad.”  Finally — 

III.  THE  MILLENNIUM  WILL  NOT 

COME  UNTIL  CHRIST  IS  MADE 

KNOWN  TO  ALL  THE  NATIONS. 

Our  Lord  said,  “And  this  gospel  of 
the  Kingdom  shall  be  preached  in  all 
the  world  for  a  witness  unto  all  the 
nations;  and  then  shall  the  end 
come.”  This  probably  had  a  limited 
meaning,  but  is  rightly  applied  to  the 
larger,  fuller  preaching  of  the  Gospel 
to  all  the  nations.  This  is  the  sole 
business  of  the  church.  The  church 
is  not  a  social  club  nor  a  literary  so¬ 
ciety.  It  is  the  divine  organization  by 
which  the  world  is  to  be  evangelized. 
O,  beloved,  the  “day  of  opportunity” 
is  upon  us!  Shall  we  arise  in  the 
strength  of  Jehovah  and  go  forth  to 
the  conquest  of  the  world  for  Christ? 
Let  us  be  seeking  out  young  men  and 
women  who  shall  offer  themselves  for 
service  at  home  and  abroad.  Let  us 
persuade  our  men  of  wealth  that  the 
paramount  issue  is  not  a  question  of 
politics,  nor  of  business  expansion, 
but  it  is  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel 
to  the  ends  of  the  earth.  Let  each 
disciple  of  Jesus  share  in  the  seed¬ 
sowing  and  the  harvest  will  be  reaped 
as  certainly  as  that  God  reigns  and 
his  adorable  Son  shall  become  the 
King  of  kings  and  Lord  of  lords. 

“I  do  not  know 

Where  falls  the  seed  that  I  have  tried 
to  sow 

With  greatest  care; 

But  I  shall  know 

The  meaning  of  each  waiting  here  be¬ 
low. 

Sometime,  somewhere.” 

Wichita,  Kan. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

The  “  Go  ”  of  Christ 

GEORGE  DARSIE. 

Mark  16: 15;  Matt.  28;  19-20. 

I  want  to  emphasize  the  word  “go.” 
We  too  often  step  over  that  little  word 
in  Christ’s  last  commission.  We 
hasten  to  emphasize  the  commands 
to  believe,  repent,  and  be  baptized. 
And  they  ought  to  be  emphasized. 
We  emphasize  the  necessity  of  church 
edification  in  the  last  commission. 
And  that,  too,  ought  to  be  empha¬ 


sized.  We  give  due  importance  to 
the  promise,  “Lo,  I  am  with  you 
alway,  even  unto  the  end  of  the 
world.”  And  how  necessary  that  is 
also.  But  “go”  stands  at  the  head  of 
all  of  them. 

I.  WHAT  IT  MEANS. 

1.  The  authority  of  Christ.  If  His 
authority  commands  it,  our  loyalty 
must  obey  it. 

2.  Love  of  Christ. — As  Jesus  hung 
upon  the  cross  he  saw  the  perishing 
nations  and  races  of  men.  For  them 
all  he  died.  And  now  to  them  all  he 
sends  the  message  of  his  salvation. 

3.  Aggressiveness  of  Christ. — We  • 
must  catch  the  aggressive  spirit  of 
our  Lord  and  feel  in  our  hearts  the 
enthusiasm  of  the  great  campaign  of 
world-wide  conquests. 

4.  Universality  of  Christ. — Jesus  is 
a  world-Savior,  and  will  be  satisfied 
with  nothing  but  world-conquests 
Christianity  is  destined  lo  be  the  re¬ 
ligion  of  the  whole  world. 

II.  WHOM  IT  MEANS. 

It  meant  originally  the  apostles. 
Through  them  it  reached  to  the  early 
disciples.  Through  them  it  means  all 
disciples  now,  the  church  of  to-day. 

1.  You  must  Either  Go  or  Send. — 
If  you  can  not  fulfill  the  command  in 
person,  then  help  someone  else  to  da 
it.  You  are  just  as  truly  saying  “go” 
when  you  enable  someone  else  to  ga 
as  if  you  went  yourself.  And  the  more 
liberally  you  give,  the  louder  you  say 
it.  Some  are  saying  it  very  softly^ 
indeed.  Others  are  not  saying  it  at 
all.  Still  others  are  saying  it  with 
gratifying  earnestness. 

2.  We  Need  to  Say  It  Louder  Every 
Year. — The  needs  of  the  field  are 
many. 

3.  The  Blessing  of  Saying  It. — It 
comes  back  to  us  in  spiritual  enrich¬ 
ment.  The  reflex  benefit  is  rich  be¬ 
yond  description. 

Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Subject: 

The  Gospel  Preached  to 
Abraham 

A.  McLEAN. 

Text:  And  the  Scripture  foreseeing 
that  God  would  justify  the  Gentiles 
by  faith,  preached  the  gospel  before¬ 
hand  unto  Abraham,  saying,  “In 
thee  shall  all  nations  be  blessed.” — 
Gal.  3:8. 

“Scripture”  is  used  here  for  the 
author  of  Scripture.  The  foresight 
ascribed  to  Scripture  belongs  to  God. 


It  will  be  seen  that  there  was  nothing 
partial  or  exclusive  in  this  promise. 
It  was  for  all  nations  and  for  all  times. 
Let  us  note — 

I.  THE  EXACT  IMPORT  OF  THE 

PROMISE. 

The  blessing  contemplated  is  that 
of  justification  by  faith,  and  includes 
a  title  to  pardon  and  peace  and  eternal 
life.  This  blessing  is  opposed  to  the 
curse  spoken  of  in  the  following 
verses. 

II.  GOD  HAD  A  PURPOSE  OF  MERCY 

TOWARD  THE  GENTILES. 

This  purpose  included  their  justi¬ 
fication  on  the  same  grounds  as  the 
Jews.  The  Jewish  economy  was  par¬ 
ticularistic;  the  Christian  is  univer¬ 
sal.  In  Christ  all  are  one.  There  is 
neither  Jew  nor  Gentile.  There  is  no 
distinction  between  Jew  and  Greek. 


HI.  THE  WAY  OF  SALVATION  IS 
THE  SAME  IN  BOTH  DIS¬ 
PENSATIONS. 

It  is  by  faith.  The  Old  Testament 
saints  were  saved  by  their  faith  in 
the  Lamb  slain  from  the  foundation 
of  the  world.  The  Levitical  statement 
was  typical  of  the  true  method  of 
salvation. 

IV.  GOD’S  GRACIOUS  PURPOSE 
WILL  BE  ACCOMPLISHED  ONLY 
WHEN  THE  WHOLE  WORLD 
HAS  BEEN  BLESSED  IN 
JESUS  CHRIST. 

Not  until  then  can  our  Lord  see  of 
the  travail  of  his  soul  and  be  satisfied. 
This  is  or  should  be  a  compelling 
motive  with  all  Christians  to  give  the 
Gospel  to  all  mankind. 


(Sermon  Outline) 

Vital  Features  of  New  Testament  Missions 


INTRODUCTION.— Authorized  by  Christ  and  illustrated 
by  his  example. 

I.  IMPORTANT  GENERAL  VIEWS. 

1.  World -wide  in  scope. 

2.  Every  New  Testament  writer  a  Foreign  Missionary. 

3.  Because  of  their  inspiration,  their  methods  under  divine 

guidance,  and  with  God’s  approval. 

4.  Bringing  in  the  Kingdom  the  passion  of  the  Apostolic 

Church. 

II.  PRACTICAL  PRINCIPLES  IN  THEIR  METHOD. 

1.  Workers  carefully  selected  and  specially  trained. 

2.  In  these  features  apostles  were  specially  interested  and 

active. 

3.  They  had  full  confidence  in  the  efficiency  of  this  program. 

4.  First  Christians  zealous  in  making  the  work  a  success 

through  their  liberality. 

5.  Difficult  problems  were  carried  up  to  God  for  solution. 

HI.  SOME  LESSONS  FOR  OUR  TASKS. 

1.  We  must  keep  their  magnitude  before  our  eyes  and  in 

our  hearts. 

2.  Let  us  not  falter,  for  “Our  sufficiency  is  of  God.” 

3.  Let  us  always  strike  the  keynote  of  apostolic  workers, 

“Rejoice  always.” 

4.  Look  to  our  fields  for  the  signs  of  promise* 

CONCLUSION.— Love  the  greatest  thing  in  the  world  as 
God  sees  it,  and  therefore  in  our  task  it  should  be  the  motive 
leading  us  to  the  victory  of  faith  which  overcomes  the  world*  - 

College  of  the  Bible.  B.  C.  DEWEESE.  ^ 


17 


PART  11 


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Growth  of  the  Foreign  Society 

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customs  of  his  own  people  and  speaks  their  language  from  child¬ 
hood.  He  lives  the  simple  life  of  the  native.  His  dress,  his  man¬ 
ner,  his  customs  are  the  same.  And  the  native  preacher  has 
not  attained  to  the  habits  of  Western  civilization  and  lives 
cheaply.  His  salaries  are  from  $50  to  $300  a  year.  A  Chinese 
evangelist  gets  $75  a  year;  one  in  Africa,  $50  a  year.  These  all 
contribute  generously  from  their  living  to  the  work  of  the  mis¬ 
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The  gain  in  missionaries  is 
not  as  large  as  we  had  hoped. 
A  number  have  passed  to  their 
eternal  reward.  Some  have 
broken  in  health  and  were 
compelled  to  return  to  Amer¬ 
ica.  As  the  work  grows  on  the 
field,  it  requires  more  to  sup¬ 
port  it.  The  large  army  of 
native  helpers  requires  in¬ 
creased  outlay.  And  then  it 
is  difficult  to  find  missionaries 
well  equipped  to  do  the  work 
we  have  in  hand.  Last  year 
sixteen  new  missionaries  were 
sent  out.  The  number  is  now 
181. 


The  church  membership  on 
the  field  grows  faster  than  the 
membership  at  home.  Look 
at  the  great  gains  since  1900, 
or  in  thirteen  years.  Years  of 
preparation  were  necessary. 
Now,  then,  to  rapid  increase,  if 
we  are  able  to  follow  up  the 
work.  The  success  of  the  work 
is  one  of  the  embarrassments. 
The  infant  churches  must  be 
cared  for.  Last  year  there  was 
an  increase  of  20  per  cent.  The 
years  to  come  may  show  even 
greater  enlargement.  Let  us 
believe  in  God  and  the  power 
of  his  gospel  and  press  forward. 


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The  Foreign  Society  conducts 
107  schools  and  colleges  in  for¬ 
eign  lands,  in  54  buildings, 
valued  at  $211,825.  Mark  the 
large  increase  in  pupils  in  thir¬ 
teen  years.  Education  is  an 
essential  feature  of  the  Foreign 
Missionary  enterprise.  From 
the  first  the  Society  has  recog¬ 
nized  the  supreme  importance 
of  developing  this  department 
of  its  workk  Note  we  have  an 
attendance  of  5,683  in  our 
schools.  This  is  a  great  army. 


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Our  missionaries  have  estab¬ 
lished  250  Sunday-schools  on 
the  mission  fields,  and  the  at¬ 
tendance  is  17,238.  The  school 
of  to-day  will  be  the  church  of 
tp-morrow.  This  is  an  impor¬ 
tant  evangelizing  agency.  Note, 
please,  the  rapid  increase.  The 
enlargement  in  thirteen  years 
has  been  most  encouraging. 
The  increase  for  the  past  ten 
years  shows  166  per  cent.  We 
could  plant  many  more  -  if  we' 
had  more  workers. 


26 


Growing  In  Strength 


The  Society  has  lost  in  receipts  only  six 

years  in  38 


1882  1897  1913 

$25,063  $106,222  $434,183 


The  above  illustrates  the  growth  of  the  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society 
from  1882  to  1913.  Quite  an  increase.  The  growth  must  continue.  The  For¬ 
eign  Society  has  not  yet  come  to  its  full  power.  Let  us  grow  to  $500,000  this 
year. 


21 


FOREIGN  SOCIETY  CATECHISM 


Question.  What  is  the  purpose  of  the 
Foreign  Society F 

Answer.  It  is  to  make  disciples  of  all 
nations. 

Q.  When  was  the  Foreign  Society  or¬ 
ganised  f 

A.  Louisville,  Ky.,  October,  1875. 

Q.  Where  does  the  Society  do  work? 

A.  In  India,  China,  Japan,  Philippine 
Islands,  Cuba,  England,  Norway,  Sweden, 
Denmark,  and  Africa. 

Q.  How  many  missionaries  on  the  field? 

A.  The  number  is  181  American  and 
English  missionaries,  and  832  native  help¬ 
ers. 

Q.  How  many  baptisms  do  our  mission¬ 
aries  report? 

A.  For  last  year  2,958,  about  500  more 
than  for  the  year  before. 

Q.  Does  the  Foreign  Society  conduct 
medical  missions? 

A.  Yes. 

Q.  How  many  medical  missionaries  and 
how  many  hospitals  are  supported? 

A.  There  are  15  medical  missionaries 
and  30  hospitals  and  dispensaries. 

Q.  How  many  patients  were  treated  last 
year? 

A.  The  number  was  160,716,  a  gain  over 
the  previous  year  of  7,429.  The  number 
treated  is  an  average  of  440  for  each  day 
and  about  18  for  each  hour  in  the  day,  the 
whole  year  through. 

Q.  Does  the  Foreign  Society  do  edu¬ 
cational  work? 

A.  Yes,  it  conducts  106  schools  and  col¬ 
leges,  with  an  attendance  of  5,683,  and  of 
this_  number  283  are  preparing  for  the 
Christian  ministry. 

Q.  Does  the  Foreign  Society  own  any 
buildings  for  educational  work? 

A.  Yes,  54,  valued  at  $211,825,  an  in¬ 
crease  over  the  previous  year  of  $33,170. 

Q.  What  is  done  for  orphans? 

A.  The  Society  owns  three  orphanages, 
valued  at  $9,000,  and  supports  175  orphans. 

Q.  Have  any  churches  been  organized? 

A.  Yes,  147  churches  on  the  foreign 
field,  with  a  membership  of  14,452,  a  net 
gain  the  past  year  of  884.  There  are  138 
church  buildings,  valued  at  $223,664. 

Q.  Have  Sunday-schools  been  started? 

A.  Yes,  there  are  250  schools,  with  a 
membership  of  17,238. 

Q.  What  is  the  whole  property  valua¬ 
tion  011  the  foreign  field? 

A.  The  missionaries  report  $853,706.  It 
will  no  doubt  soon  reach  a  million. 

Q.  Are  there  any  fees  or  income  on  the 
foreign  field? 

A.  Last  year  the  medical  fees  amounted 
to  $10,958;  the  school  fees  to  $7,367;  total 
fees,  $18,325.  The  total  income  on  the 


fields,  including  missionary  offerings,  self- 
support,  etc.,  amounted  to  $58,261,  or  more 
than  all  of  the  administration  expense  of 
the  Society. 

Q.  How  many  churches  gave  to  For¬ 
eign  Missions  last  year? 

A.  The  number  was  3,122,  a  gain  of  151 
over  the  previous  year. 

Q.  How  many  Sunday-schools  contrib¬ 
uted? 

A.  The  number  was  4,051,  a  gain  of  70. 

Q.  How  much  did  the  Sunday-schools 
give? 

A.  $92,853. 

Q.  How  much  have  they  given  since 
Children’s  Day  was  inaugurated? 

A.  The  total  amount  is  $1,201,904. 

Q.  What  is  the  amount  of  individual 
offerings  for  last  year? 

A.  $101,376,  an  increase  of  $16,259. 

Q.  What  amount  was  received  on  the 
annuity  plan? 

A.  From  this  source  the  Society  re¬ 
ceived  $49,386,  a  gain  of  $18,186. 

Q.  What  is  the  total  amount  received 
by  the  Annuity  Fund  from  the  first? 

A.  Since  1879,  when  the  Annuity  Fund 
was  started,  the  amount  received  is  $508,- 
801,  and  the  fund  continues  to  grow. 

Q.  What  was  received  by  bequests? 

A.  $8,468,  a  gain  of  $4,379. 

Q.  What  were  the  total  receipts  of  the 
Foreign  Society  last  year? 

A.  The  whole  income  was  $438,183,  a 
gain  of  $33,454- 

Q.  How  much  has  the  Foreign  Society 
received  since  its  organization,  thirty-eight 
years  ago? 

A.  The  amount  reaches  $5,274,047. 

Q.  How  many  Living-links  in  the  For¬ 
eign  Society? 

A.  The  total  number,  including  churches, 
Sunday-schools,  and  individuals,  is  over 

150. 

Q.  Were  any  missionaries  sent  out  last 
year? 

A.  Y^s,  sixteen  new  missionaries,  the 
largest  number  in  any  one  year  in  the  his¬ 
tory  of  the  Society. 

Q.  Have  any  missionaries  died  recently? 

A.  During  the  past  year  R.  Ray  Eldred 
and  wife  have  died  in  Africa,  and  Mrs. 
Frank  Garrett,  of  China,  has  passed  away. 

Q.  When  is  the  offering  for  Foreign 
Missions  in  the  churches? 

A.  The  churches  make  their  offering  the 
first  Sunday  in  March,  and  the  Sunday- 
schools  make  their  offerings  the  first  Sun¬ 
day  in  June. 

Q.  What  is  the  watchword  for  this 
year? 

A.  The  watchword  is,  “$500,000  by 
September  30,  1914.” 


22 


Steady  Growth 


The  following  table  shows  the  record  of  the  Foreign  Society 
for  the  past  thirty-eight  years.  These  are  cheering  figures.  We 
have  every  reason  for  thanksgiving.  This  showing  must  be  carefully 
studied  to  be  fully  appreciated. 


< 

p 

►1 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  Churches . 

Amount  Con¬ 

tributed  by 
Churches . 

1 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  Sunday- 
schools  . 

Amount  Con¬ 
tributed  by 
Sunday-schools . . 

Total  Amount 
Contributed . 

i 

1 

Missionaries . 

Native  Helpers. . . 

Total  Missionary 
Force . 

1876 

1 

1 

30 

$20  00 

$1,706  35 

2 

2 

1877 

41 

548  18 

2 

2,174  95 

2 

2 

1878 

68 

565  03 

47 

$195  10 

8,766  24 

5 

5 

1879 

209 

1,881  73 

52 

210  26 

8,287  24 

9 

9 

1880 

324 

2,723  09 

69 

246  02 

12,144  00 

10 

10 

1881 

217 

1,637  54 

198 

750  00 

13,178  46 

13 

13 

1882 

524 

4,940  77 

501 

2,175  00 

25,063  94 

11 

11 

1883 

473 

4,764  95 

516 

3,205  00 

25,004  85 

19 

1 

20 

1884 

585 

7,189  90 

699 

4,125  00 

26,601  84 

22 

3 

25 

1885 

648 

7,191  00 

787 

5,125  00 

30,260  10 

26 

7 

33 

1886 

653 

7,004  32 

820 

6,035  00 

61,727  07 

31 

13 

44 

1887 

774 

10,304  73 

1,064 

10,513  00 

47,757  85 

32 

13 

45 

1888 

990 

15,181  72 

1,217 

15,662  00 

62,767  59 

37 

23 

60 

1889 

1,038 

17,214  67 

1,417 

19,123  00 

64,840  03 

43 

27 

70 

1890 

805 

13,505  88 

1,251 

17,765  00 

67,750  49 

53 

28 

81 

1891 

991 

18,000  63 

1,511 

21,411  00 

65,365  76 

58 

34 

92 

1892 

1,355 

24,259  85 

1,452 

22,907  00 

70,320  84 

63 

37 

100 

1893 

1,208 

23,818  49 

1,571 

18,690  00 

58,355  01 

65 

44 

109 

1894 

1,806 

30,679  63 

2,276 

23,486  00 

73,258  16 

66 

55 

121 

1895 

2,403 

36,549  99 

2,525 

27,553  00 

83,514  16 

68 

66 

134 

1896 

2,459 

39,902  00 

2,605 

28,418  00 

93,867  71 

76 

67 

143 

1897 

2,586 

39,568  28 

2,810 

30,027  00 

106,222  10 

87 

77 

164 

1898 

2,907 

45,650  20 

3,180 

34,334  00 

130,925  70 

93 

108 

201 

1899 

3,051 

57,781  00 

3,187 

39,071  00 

152,727  38 

98 

131 

229 

1900 

3,067 

65,964  00 

3,260 

42,705  00 

180,016  16 

111 

146 

257 

1901 

2,762 

62,007  00 

3,216 

42,841  00 

171,898  20 

111 

160 

271 

1902 

2,822 

68,586  00 

3,365 

48,116  00 

178,323  68 

115 

223 

338 

1903 

2,825 

79,785  00 

3,310 

51,630  25 

210,008  68 

117 

290 

407 

1904 

2,915 

89,545  01 

3,532 

56,832  47 

221,318  60 

143 

295 

438 

1905 

2,834 

95,500  00 

3,552 

61,817  60 

255,922  51 

154 

312 

466 

1906 

3,178 

109,018  00 

3,638 

66,809  65 

268,726  00 

154 

333 

487 

1907 

3,415 

123,468  00 

3,785 

77,158  73 

305,534  54 

155 

410 

565 

1908 

3,457 

128,347  00 

3,742 

75,180  20 

274,324  39 

167 

594 

761 

1909 

3,396 

146,081  00 

3,775 

77,199  24 

350,685  21 

170 

634 

804 

1910 

3,227 

138,098  48 

3,864 

90,251  82 

360,712  92 

170 

761 

931 

1911 

3,023 

139,501  20 

3,787 

83,041  35 

379,082  03 

169 

759 

928 

1912 

2,971 

135,835  49 

3,981 

92,751  92 

400,728  44 

172 

1085 

1256 

1913 

3,122 

129,871  00 

4,051 

92,853  OC 

434,183  01 

1  181 

832 

1013 

MISSIONARIES  WHO  HAVE  ENTERED  THE 
SERVICE  DURING  THE  PAST  YEAR 


E.  A.  Johnston, 
Africa 


Mrs.  E.  A.  Johnston, 
Africa 


W.  L.  Burner, 
Cuba 


Mrs.  W.  L.  Burner, 
Cuba 


H.  P.  Shaw, 
China 


Mrs.  H.  P.  Shaw, 
China 


J.  E.  Moody, 
India 


Mrs.  J.  E.  Moody, 
India 


C.  H.  Plopper, 
China 


W.  H.  Scott, 
India 


Mrs.  C.  P.  Hedges, 
Africa 


Miss  Lulu  Snyder, 
China 


Dr.  W.  H.  Frymire, 
Africa 


Miss  Winifred  Brown, 
Tokyo,  Japan 


A.  G.  Saunders, 
Laoag,  P.  I. 


Cut  not  available 


Miss  Apperson, 
Africa 


Never  Before 


Never  before  were  there  so  many  doors  open  to  the 
gospel.  In  China  the  church  has  the  greatest  opportunity  she 
has  had  since  Pentecost.  The  new  Republic  is  in  full  sym¬ 
pathy  with  the  missionary  enterprise,  and  has  granted  re¬ 
ligious  liberty  to  all  the  people.  In  Africa  the  chief  difficulty 
arises  from  the  m.arvelous  success  of  the  work.  The  mis¬ 
sionaries  are  unable  to  teach  the  inquirers  and  the  converts 
the  right  way  of  the  Lord,  so  numerous  are  they.  What  is 
true  in  these  fields  is  true  in  other  fields  as  well.  The  loving 
favor  of  our  God  is  resting  in  fullest  measure  upon  every 
department  of  the  work.  Pie  it  is  that  is  opening  the  doors 
and  bidding  us  enter.  If  we  would  be  loyal  td'Hirh,"  we  must 
obey. 

Never  before  were  there  so  many  obligations  resting  upon 
the  Society.  Field  after  field  has  been  entered,  and  station 
after  station  has  been  opened,  and  missionaries  have  been 
engaged  and  sent  out  under  what  appeared  to  be  the  manifest 
leading  of  the  Divine  Spirit.  The  chapels,  schools,  hospitals, 
dispensaries,  orphanages”  printing  presses,  and  homes  now”  in 
existence  must  be  maintained.  We  must  meet  our  obliga¬ 
tions  to  the  missionaries  we  have  sent  out  and  to  those  on 
the '  fields  whom  we  have  led  to  Christ.  We  must  do  this  if 
we  would  greatly  honor  our  Lord. 

Never  before  did  the  Foreign  Society  have  so  many 
missionaries  on  the  field ;  and  never  before  was  all  the  work 
so  large.  We  ought  to  be  thankful  and  provide  larger  things. 

Never  before  were  we  as  a  people  so  well  able  to  carry  on 
the  work  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  There  are  more  churches, 
and  a  larger,  membership,  and  much  greater  wealth  than  in 
any  previous  year.  The  vast  increase  in  our  resources  has 
its  lesson  for  us.  Where  much  is  given,  there  much  shall  be 
required. 

The  March  Offering  this  year  should  be  by  far  the 
largest  in  our  history.  More  churches  should  give,  and  their 
offerings  should  be  on  a  larger  scale  than  ever  before.  The 
March  Offering  should  yield  not  less  than  $200,000  from  the 
churches  alone.  This  should  be  the  very  least  the  Society 
should  receive  this  year  from  that  source.  If  the  churches 
reach  this  amount  there  will  be  no  trouble  in  reaching  $500,- 
COO  for  Foreign  Missions  this  year. 

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GAINS  OF  THE  FOREIGN  SOCIETY 
FOR  THE  PAST  YEAR 

Gain — In  total  receipts,  $33,454. 

Gain — In  contributing  churches,  151. 

Gain — In  contributing  Sunday-schools,  70. 

Gain — In  Sunday-school  offerings,  $102. 

Gain — In  Individual  offerings,  $16,259. 
Gain — In  Annuity  Gifts,  $18,186. 
Gain — In  Bequests,  $4,379. 

Gain — In  miscellaneous  Gifts,  $1,592. 

Gain — In  new  Living-links,  37. 

Gain — Of  536  baptisms. 

Gain — Of  16  new  missionaries. 

Gain — Of  7,492  in-patients  treated. 

Gain — Of  7  new  schools. 

Gain — Of  291  in  school  attendance. 

Gain — Of  20  new  school  buildings. 

Gain — Of  $33,170  in  value  of  school  property. 
Gain — Of  884  in  local  church  membership. 
Gain — Of  $2,457  in  medical  fees. 


Where  the  Money  Went 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  where  the 
on  the  mission  fields  during  the  past  year: 

money  was  spent 

China . . . 

$96,112  17 

India . 

67,673  09 

Japan . . . 

62,403  34 

Philippine  Islands . 

53,202  75 

Africa . 

38,083  82 

Tibet  . 

11,505  25 

England . 

9,189  31 

Cuba . . 

5,675  48 

Scandinavia . 

4,416  52 

Hawaii . 

2,312  00 

Turkey . 

227  05 

More  was  spent  in  China  last  year  than  in  all  the  fields  in 

1896,  or  seventeen  years  ago. 

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The  Names  of  Those  Who  Died 

in  the  Service 

**Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that  a  man  lay 
down  his  life  for  his  friends,  *  * 


INDIA. 

Miss  Sue  E.  Robinson. 
Miss  Hattie  L.  Judson. 

E.  M.  Gordon. 

G.  L.  Wharton. 

JAPAN. 

Mrs.  Josephine  W.  Smith. 
Charles  Elias  Garst. 

CHINA. 

Mrs.  Carrie  Loos  Williams. 
Albert  F.  H.  Saw. 

Edwin  P.  Hearnden. 

Mrs.  Edwin  P.  Hearnden. 
Thomas  J.  Arnold. 

C.  E.  Molland. 

Mrs.  Frank  Garrett. 


AFRICA. 

Dr.  Harry  C.  Biddle. 

Miss  Ella  C.  Ewing. 

R.  Ray  Eldred. 

Mrs.  R.  Ray  Eldred. 

TIBET. 

Dr.  Z.  S.  Loftis. 

Dr.  Susie  C.  Rijnhart-Mayes. 

DENMARK. 

Dr.  A.  O.  Hoick. 

ENGLAND. 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Moore. 

Marion  D.  Todd. 


“These  all  died  in  faith,  not  having  received 
the  promises,  but  having  seen  them  and  greeted 
them  from  afar,  and  having  confessed  that  they 
were  strangers  and  pilgrims  on  the  earth.” 


Ten  Leading  States 

The  contributions  from  the  ten  leading  States  for 
Foreign  Missions  last  year  were  as  follows : 


Ohio . 

. $47,559 

California . 

...$21,882 

Kentucky  .... 

.  45,802 

Michigan . 

...  16,871 

Missouri . 

.  36,307 

Iowa . 

...  15,502 

Illinois . 

.  34,177 

Nebraska . 

...  15,106 

Indiana . 

.  32,508 

Pennsylvania  . . . 

...  11,437 

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TAKING  THE  OFFERING 

C.  R.  HUDSON. 

Taking  the  offering  is  to  missions  what  the  harvest  time 
is  to  farmers.  It  is  the  goal  toward  which  they  have  been 
working  in  the  past. 

A  glorious  harvest  must  be  preceded  by  the  careful 
preparation  of  the  soil,  by  the  sowing  of  well-chosen  seed,  by 
the  cultivation  of  the  growing  crop;  then,  when  the  harvest 
time  comes,  by;  laying  aside  everything  else  and  calling  out 
alb,  the  forces,-  and  neVe^^  untih  the  golden  grain  is 

safely  stored  in  the  missionary  elevators  in  Cincinnati. 

Sometimes  it  is  a  good  way  to  find  out  how  to  do  a 
thing  by  first  deciding  how  not  to  do  it.  b  y  / 

First— Do  n’t  put  off  preparation  for  the  offering^  until 
the  appointed  day  comes,  but  take  the"  literature  and  the 
envelopes  sent  out  by  the  Society,  write  the  name  of  each 
member  of  the  family  on  a  .  small  envelope,  then  enclose  all 
in  a  larger  envelope  and  send  to  the  homes  in  the  church  by 
helpers  ten  days  or  two  weeks  before  the  appointed  day. 

-  Second^Dq  n’t  forget  the  children/  ,  They  will  ap¬ 
preciate  seeing  their  names  ^written  by  some  one  else  and  to 
know  that  they  can  have  fellowship  with  the  father  and 
mother  in  this  great  work.  Begin  early  to  train  for  missions. 
The  race-horse  man  takes  his  colts  onto  the  track  as  soon  as 
they  can  walk.  So,  if  you  would  win  the  race  in  missions, 
begin  with  the  children. 

Third — Do  n’t  neglect  the  scattered  disciples.  In  the 

'  community,  of  every  organized  church  there  are  a  number  of 

Christians  who  will  not  identify  themselves  with  the  local 

congregation.  They  will  not  move  their  membership  from 

the  I  old  home  church.  They  expect  to  be  buried  there.  As 

a  result  the  spirit  dies  before  the  body.  A  good  way  to  save 

them  spiritually  is  to  enlist  them  in  the  missionary  work. 

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Fourth — Do  n’t  apologize  that  you  are  going  to  take  Un 
offering  for  missions,  but  announce  with  great  delight  the  day 
of  the  offering  and  speak  of  it  as  one  of  the  high  days  of  the 
church’s  calendar.  "  ^  - 


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Fifth — ^When  the  great  day  arrives  and  the  worship’^  is 
over  and  the  sermon  is  preached,  do  n’t  extend  the  invitation 
and  sing  a  hymn,  but  without  music  and  without  singing  let 
the  regular  trained  force  of  deacons  take  the  offerings.  On 
their  return  to  the  pulpit,  with  the  congregation  in  the  atti¬ 
tude  of  worship,  thank  God  for  the  measure  of  the  Spirit  of 
Christ  that  is  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  for  the  splendid 
offering  that  has  been  made  and  pray  God’s  blessing  to  rest 
upon  it  as  it  goes  forth  upon  its  splendid  mission  of  helping 
to  save  the  world. 

Pomona,  Cal. 


1.  The  offerings  should  be  sent  promptly.  This  is  most 
desirable.  Some  offerings  aro  held  for  many  months,  when  the 
donors  suppose  their  gifts  have  been  promptly  sent  %)h  their 
mission  of  helpfulness.  Other  gifts  aro  made  for  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions  which,  for  one  reason  or  ahbther,  are  never  forwarded.  ^  ^ 

2.  Care  should  be  taken  to  give  the  local  name  of  the  church, 

as  Mt.  Pleasant,  Corinth,  Sixth  Street,  etc.,  when  different  from 
the  postoffice.  i  j  ^  .  -  - 

3.  Friends  are  requested  also  to  state  definitely  whether 
the  money  is  from  a  church,  a  Sunday-school,  an  Endeavor 
Society,  or  an  individuak  We  keep  separate  accounts  with  eacli 
of  these,  arid  it  is  important  that  each  receive  proper  credits, 
A  little  care  in  this  matter  will  avoid  misunderstanding*  and 
save  tirne  and  correspondence. 

4.  When  money  is  sent  for  a  special  object  or  on  a  pfedge, 
or  on  a  Life  Membership,  or  Life  Directorship,  the  fact  should 
be  so  stated.  This  will  help  the  Treasurer  in  his  accounts. 

5.  And  in  all  let  us  heed  the  apostolic  injunction,  “Not 
slothful  in  business,  fervent  in  spirit,  serving  the  Lord.” 

6.  The  offerings  should  be  sent  to  F.  M.  Rains,  Secretary, 

Box  884,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  who  will  at  once  return  a  proper  re¬ 
ceipt.  Money  should  be  sent  by  bank  draff,  postoffice  order, 
express  order,  or  re^gistered  letter.  Please  do  not  send  currency^ 
as  bills  or  silver  coin,  in  a  letter  without  registering.  j 


PART  III 


Mi^^iomxv  Crainmg 


A  New  World  Challenge 

The  progress  of  Christianity  during  the  past  ten  years 
can  not  be  paralleled  except  in  apostolic  times.  A  day  of 
amazing  significance  is  upon  us.  The  world  has  never  before 
witnessed  anything  like  it.  We  can  hardly  believe  our  eyes. 
We  are  in  the  midst  of  a  new  ‘‘fullness  of  time.” 

World  conditions  are  most  favorable  for  Christ  to  enter 
into  his  own.  Our  own  country  has  come  to  a  new  conscious¬ 
ness.  We  think  of  other  lands  as  neighbors.  New  ideals  are 
before  us.  A  more  Christly  spirit  is  upon  us.  We  see  the 
world  in  a  new  light. 

The  Far  East  has  |been  aroused  from  its  slumber  of  ages. 
The  sleep  has  been  so  long  that  the  light  of  the  new  day  half 
blinds  her.  Japan  hungers  for  a  better  national  life.  She 
is  more  conscious  of  her  limitations  than  at  any  time  in  her 
age-long  history.  Many  of  her  most  thoughtful  men  know 
that  the  gospel,  and  the  gospel  alone,  will  meet  her  impera¬ 
tive  needs.  God  has  granted  us  far  more  than  we  dared  to 
hope  for  China.  As  goes  China,  so  will  go  the  world,  is  the 
belief  of  many.  All  India  is  vibrant  with  Christian  thought 
and  aspiration,  while  certain  evidences  of  disintegration  are 
clearly  seen  at  the  very  heart  of  Brahmanism.  The  prospect 
of  her  schools  being  increased  in  the  not  distant  future  is 
another  sign  of  Christian  progress.  It  is  also  another  prophecy 
of  the  certain  death  of  her  heathenism.  The  Turk  is  humili¬ 
ated  in  the  eyes  of  the  world.  The  present-day  Africa  is  a 
new  and  forceful  challenge. 

Look  where  you  may  in  the  family  of  nations,  and  the 
appeal  for  light  and  life  and  guidance  is  overwhelming  and 
compelling.  As  churches  of  Christ  the  gospel  has  been  com¬ 
mitted  to  us  in  trust.  Let  us  look  well  to  our  stewardship. 

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Making  Advances 

He  may  run  that  readeth. — Habakkuk  2:2 

PROGRESS  OF  THE  WORLD’S 
EVANGELIZATION 


1800 


1900 


1912 


THE  WHITE  IN  CIRCLES  SHOWS  PROPORTION 
OF  PROFESSING  CHRISTIANS 


From  1800|to  1900  the  increase  is  illustrated  by  the  diagrams.  The 
membership  in  the  foreign  fields  doubled  in  twelve  years  following  1900. 
The  world  task  can  be  accomplished  by  2000  if  every  Christian  does  his 
duty.  Mark  the  progress  being  made  and  be  encouraged. 


The  Testimony  of  Four  Presidents 


President  Harrison  (after  a  speech  by  Miss  Singh,  an 
Indian  convert,  at  the  New  York  Ecumenical  Conference), 
‘‘If  I  had  had  a  million  dollars  and  had  invested  it  all  in 
missions  and  this  was  the  only  result,  I  should  not  want  my 
money  back.’’ 


President  Roosevelt:  “When  I  came  back,  I  wished  it 
had  been  in  my  power  to  convey  my  experience  to  those 
people,  often  well-meaning  people,  who  speak  about  the  in¬ 
efficiency  of  Foreign  Missions.  I  think  if  they  could  have 
realized  but  the  tenth  part  of  the  work  that  had  been  done 
they  would  understand  that  no  more  practical  work,  no  work 
more  productive  of  fruit  for  civilization,  could  exist  than 
the  work  being  carried  on  by  the  men  and  women  who  give 
their  lives  to  preach  the  gospel  of  Christ  to  mankind.” 


President  McKinley:  “Who  can  estimate  their  value 
(missions)  to  the  progress  of  nations?  Their  contribution  to 
the  onward  and  upward  march  of  humanity  is  beyond  all 
calculation.  They  have  inculcated  industry  and  taught  the 
various  trades.  They  have  promoted  concord  and  amity  and 
brought  nations  and  races  closer  together.  They  have  made 
men  better.  They  have  increased  the  regard  for  home  and 
strengthened  the  sacred  ties  of  family,  have  made  the  com¬ 
munity  well  ordered,  and  their  work  has  been  a  potent  in¬ 
fluence  in  the  development  of  law  and  the  establishment  of 
government.” 


President  Taft:  “Until  I  went  to  the  Orient  I  did  not 
realize  the  immense  importance  of  Foreign  Missions.  No 
man  can  study  the  movement  of  modern  civilization  from 
an  impartial  standpoint  and  not  realize  that  Christianity  and 
the  spread  of  Christianity  are  the  only  basis  for  hope  of  mod¬ 
ern  civilization  in  the  growth  of  popular  self-government. 
In  the  progress  of  civilization  you  can  not  over-estimate  the 
immense  importance  of  Christian  Missions.  If  in  China 
to-day  you  try  to  find  out  what  the  conditions  are  in  the 
interior,  you  consult  in  Peking  the  gentlemen  who  are  sup¬ 
posed  to  know;  and  where  do  you  go?  You  go  at  once  to 
the  missionaries.”  •  •  ' 


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A  MISSIONARY  IDEAL 


For  the  Local  Church 


AS  MUCH  FOR  OTHERS  AS  FOR  OURSELVES 


The  above  diagram  hangs  on  the  wall  of  the  Third  I 
Church,  Danville,  Ill.  The  pastor,  J.  A.  Barnett,  is 
striving  to  bring  the  church  up  to  this  ideal.  The  goal  ' 
embodied  in  the  diagram  is  one  of  the  slogans  of  the  Lay-  - 
men’s  Missionary  Movement,  and  all  over  the  world  , 
churches  are  striving  to  reach  this  ideal.  Some  have 
reached  it  and  others  have  gone  beyond.  No  one  can 
deny  that  a  church  should  do  as  much  for  others  as  for  . 
itself.  Is  it  not  reasonable  that  of  the  fifty  per  cent  thus 
set  aside  for  missions  one-half  of  it  should  go  out  to  the  ^ 
lands  beyond,  ‘where  one  hundred  million  people  have 
never  had  the  opportunity  of  believing  on  Christ  ? 

.  J  '  i 

Why  not  have  this  as  the  ideal  for  your  church  ? 


Figures  Are  Not  Dry 


The  figures  refiecting  the  growth  of  the  missionary  interest 
of  the  world  read  like  fiction,  but  they  are  bedrock  facts.  The 
following  are  some  of  the  world  Protestant  Foreign  Mission 


statistics : 

Annual  Income . $30,404,404 

Annual  Income  on  the  Fields .  7,902,256 

Total  Number  of  Missionaries .  24,902 

Native  Workers .  111,862 

Total  Force,  Missionaries  and  Native  Workers,  135,954 

Organized  Churches .  15,396 

Church  Membership .  2,644,170 

Additions  from  Heathenism  Last  Year .  116,071 

Number  of  Sunday-schools  on  Mission  Fields,  30,605 

Number  in  Sunday-schools .  1,488,019 

Schools  and  Colleges .  34,795 

Pupils  in  Same .  1,670,147 

Hospitals  and  Dispensaries .  738 

Number  of  Treatments  Last  Year .  6,128,220 


These  statistics  are  taken  from  the  January  number  of  the 
“Missionary  Review.”  They  are  a  valuable  compilation.  It  is 
gratifying  to  be  able  to  state  that  the  number  of  church  mem¬ 
bers  in  the  non- Christian  world  has  about  doubled  in  the  past 
dozen  years.  In  1900  there  were  1,321,561  church  members. 
Now,  as  above  stated,  there  are  2,644,170. 

The  growth  has  been  wonderfully  encouraging  in  every  par¬ 
ticular.  In  1900  the  total  income  of  all  societies  in  Christendom 
amounted  to  $14,763,620.  In  1912  the  total  income  was  $30,404,- 
404,  or  more  than  double.  The  whole  number  of  missionaries 
in  1900  was  15,019.  To-day  there  is  an  army  of  24,092,  an  increase 
of  9,073  in  the  twelve  years.  The  number  of  new  missionaries 
going  out  to  the  field  annually,  it  is  stated,  is  now  about  1,000. 
Twelve  years  ago  the  number  of  native  helpers  was  64,193.  At 
the  present  time  this  arm  of  the  service  numbers  111,862,  or 
almost  twice  the  number.  A  dozen  years  ago  the  number  of 
Christian  schools  in  non-Christian  lands  was  19,476.  In  1912 
they  numbered  34,795,  an  increase  of  15,319.  This  is  simply  a 
wonderful  advance.  The  number  of  scholars  in  1900  was  988,660, 

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and  in  1912,  1,670,147,  a  gain  of  681,486.  We  have  to  stop  and 
think  over  these  figures  to  realize  what  they  mean.  An  army 
like  that  in  daily  instruction  in  mission  schools  is  simply  a 
marvelous  advance  for  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

The  statistics  were  not  as  complete  in  1900  as  they  are  to-day. 
Year  by  year  they  are  becoming  more  accurate. 

Wherever  we  look,  the  facts  cheer  all  Christian  hearts.  The 
Lord  is  blessing  the  world -wide  cause  in  a  marvelous  way.  The 
success  of  the  past  dozen  years  is  more  than  Christian  men 
dared  to  expect.  Human  wisdom  dare  not  forecast  what  the 
results  of  the  next  decade  will  bring  forth. 

J.  Campbell  White,  in  a  recent  address,  made  the  following 
interesting  and  encouraging  statement:  “To  me  it  is  full  of 
encouragement  that  in  the  last  seven  years  there  has  been  an 
increase  in  contributions  of  at  least  $1,000,000  a  year  for  Foreign 
Missions  and  a  larger  increase  for  Home  Missions.  Seven  years 
ago  this  country  was  giving  less  than  $7,000,000  a  year,  and  that 
has  increased  until  this  year  it  is  $17,000,000.  It  is  a  steady 
increase  of  $1,000,000  a  year.” 


35 


The  Call  and  the  Response 


Missions  is  a  world-cause.  A  divine  program  is  the  authority. 
Infinite  goodness  is  the  inspiration.  The  gift  of  the  Gospel, 
the  story  of  redeeming  love,  the  illumination  of  the  Holy  Spirit, 
the  inspired  Word,  and  the  presence  of  the  King  Eternal  are 
the  equipment.  The  enterprise  is  the  overmastering  issue  be¬ 
fore  the  whole  church  of  God.  The  disciple  or  church  that 
falters  or  draws  back  fails  indeed.  This  cause  fertilizes  the 
mind  and  warms  the  heart  of  every  man  that  touches  it.  The  in¬ 
tellectual  and  spiritual  life  of  the  preacher  is  quickened  and 
strengthened  by  the  advocacy  of  the  cause  that  cost  the  Son 
of  God  his  life  on  the  cross. 

Only  as  we  go  will  be  grow!  If  we  disobey  the  Supreme 
Commander  we  forfeit  the  rewards  of  faithfulness.  Our  boast 
of  New  Testament  loyalty  are  empty  words  if  we,  with  open 
eyes,  disobey  its  clear  and  positive  teaching.  The  spirit  that 
brought  again  from  the  dead  our  Lord  must  fill  our  hearts  and 
send  us  forth  to  the  last  man  that  cries  for  light  and  life. 

We  beseech  the  friends  and  the  churches  to  spring  at  once 
to  the  help  of  the  men  and  women  at  the  forefront  of  the  con¬ 
test  on  the  frontier  of  the  world.  ^  They  call  and  God  calls.  Our 
response  will  measure  our  love  and  loyalty. 


HOW  so  ME  AMERICAN  MONEY  IS  SPENT 

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36 


The  Strategic  Hour  in  Eastern  Asia 

;  - .  V' 

A  picture  comes  before  me  to-day.  One-half  a  billion  of 
people  gathered  around  the  rim  of  the  Pacific,  people  that  for 
centuries  have  been  divided  from  us  by  walls  that  are  high. 
I  see  them,  the  youngest  of  peoples  on  all  the  earth;  I  see  them 
as  perhaps  to-day  the  most  intense  and  active;  I  see  them  in 
a  state  of  flux;  I  see  them  with  the  manacles  of  the  past  fallen 
from  them,  and  with  the  breath  of  the  twentieth  century  upon 
tjbeir  brows.  I  see  them  waiting  for  the  very  best  that  the  world 
has  for  them. 

If  there  is  a  heroism  here  to-day,  I  cgll  you  to  a  war  whose 
end  is  peace.  Is  there  patriotism,  I  call  you  to  a  statesmanship 
which  is  laying  the  foundations  of  God’s  Kingdorh.^  Is  there 
imagination,  I  call  ryou  to  see  redeemed  millions  marching 
into  the  presence  of  our  King. 

I  would  rather  live  in  this  hour  than  in  any  hour  that  the 
world  has  ever  seen.  I  would  rather  have  a  part  in  this  task  than 
aiiy  task  the  world  has  ever  known.  I  would  rather  die  in  this 
cause  than  to  live  in  any  other.  I  would  rather  walk  through  it 
poverty-stricken  and  in  want  than  in  any  other  to  have  wealth 
and  ease  and  all  the  honors  that  the  world  could  bring. 

FLETCHER  S.  BROCKMAN. 

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:  ; :  RELIGIOUS  CENSUS  OF  THE  WORLD 

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What  Has  Been  Done 

‘‘What  have  Foreign  Missions  accomplished?”  is  often 
asked.  It  will  be  superfluous  to  undertake  to  mention  all 
the  blessings.  The  spirit  of  world- wide  evangelism  has  opened 
the  gates  of  every  nation  on  earth  to  the  gospel.  This  is  a 
triumph  worth  the  labor  of  a  century. 

THE  MISSIONARY  AND  THE  BIBLE 

The  missionaries  have  been  the  great  translators.  The 
task  of  spreading  the  Scriptures  abroad  would  never  have 
been  attempted  by  the  trader,  nor  could  it  have  been  done  by 
the  scholar.  Only  the  missionary  of  ripe  scholarship  and 
with  experience  in  the  heathen  land  was  equal  to  the  under¬ 
taking.  The  foremost  missionaries  have  been  the  foremost 
translators.  The  Burmese  version  of  Judson,  the  Persian  of 
Henry  Martyn,  the  Sanscrit  of  Carey,  the  Bechuana  of 
Moffat,  the  Chinese  of  Morrison,  are  all  monuments  of  the 
highest  talents  and  the  most  patient  perseverance. 

MAP  OF  THE  WORLD  CHANGED 

\ 

Foreign  Missions  have  changed  the  map  of  the  world. 
The  indomitable  courage  of  the  missionary  has  enabled  him 
to  pierce  the  very  heart  of  the  most  exclusive  nations  of  the 
globe,  and  has  revealed  lakes,  and  rivers,  and  mountains,  and 
peoples,  as  well  as  cities  and  civilizations  before  unknown  to 
Christendom.  He  has  enriched  every  known  science,  biology, 
philology,  zoology,  etc. 

ENLARGED  COMMERCE 

The  missionary  has  transformed  the  commerce  of  the 
world,  increased  its  variety,  and  enlarged  its  volume.  The 
annual  net  profit  of  commerce  with  heathen  lands,  opened  by 
missions,  is  estimated  at  no  less  than  $20,000,000.  In  a 
century  this  amounts  to  $2,000,000,000.  The  total  expendi¬ 
tures  for  missions  in  this  period  does  not  exceed  $300,000,000. 
The  net  profit,  therefore,  amounts  to  $1,700,000,000.  A 
century  ago  the  commerce  of  India  was  almost  nothing,  now 
it  is  estimated  to  be  worth  $600,000,000  a  year.  In  about  a 
quarter  of  a  century  Japan  has  advanced  so  swiftly  as  to 
cause  leading  commercial  nations  to  fear  she  may  become  a 
serious  rival  for  the  supremacy  in  industrial  pursuits.  Each 
year  a  New  York  publishing  house  sends  50,000  school  books 
into  the  ‘‘Sunrise  Kingdom.”  The  commerce  of  the  Sand¬ 
wich  Islands  is  now  worth  $15,000,000  yearly.  These  Islands 
paid  for  exports  at  a  single  American  port,  in  one  year,  more 
money  by  $367,000  than  it  cost  to  Christianize  them. 


RESULTS 

Missions  to  the  ends  of  the  earth  have  increased  man’s 
moral  character  and  culture,  and  prosperity  and  happiness. 
From  the  time  messages  of  peace  were  carried  from  Rome  to 
the  British  Isles  to  the  last  missionary  that  embarked  for  a 
heathen  land,  there  have  been  uniform  results.  Every 
truly  happy  home  in  which  is  to  be  found  Christian  influences 
is  debtor  to  world-wide  missions.  All  our  schools  and  uni¬ 
versities,  every  institution  of  beneficence,  are  results  of  For¬ 
eign  Missions  coming  to  our  ancestors  and  leading  them  to  a 
better  character.  Not  the  Anglo-Saxon  alone,  but  the  Anglo- 
Saxon  spirit  touched  with  the  gospel  is  what  has  enlarged 
human  knowledge  and  increased  human  happiness.  We  must 
not  be  blind  to  the  power  and  value  of  Christian  missions; 
on  the  contrary,  we  must  show  a  living  interest  and  a  fitting 
gratitude  for  all  that  has  been  done,  and  for  all  the  promises 
of  the  future.  _ 

White  Wedge  Shows  Proportion  of  Native  Chris¬ 
tians  to  Unconverted  Heathendom 


1912 

Native  Christians,  .  .  .  2,644,170 
Heathen, .  1 ,054,000,000 

The  white  wedge  is  twice  the  size  it  was  twelve  years  ago.  That 
is,  the  number  of  church  members  has  doubled  since  1900. 


Sixty  Generations 


^^HIS  state  of  things  has  been  going  on 
for  ages.  There  have  been  sixty 
generations  since  the  time  of  Christ, 
and  in  each  of  these  generations  the 
same,  or  a  greater  proportion,  of  the 
people  that  have  lived  and  died  have 
never  known  the  message  of  the  Gospel. 
The  1,000,000,000  of  perishing  souls 
on  earth  to-day  must  have  multiplied 
enormously,  if  you  would  know  the 
awful  waste  of  mortal  lives  through  the 
neglect  of  the  Church  of  God.  One 
hundred  thousand  souls  are  dying  every 
day  without  Christ.  A  population  equal 
to  one  of  our  great  cities  drops  out  of 
mortal  existence  every  twenty -four 
hours.  If  a  city  were  anhihilated  it 
would  fill  the  world  with  horror,  but  a 
sadder  tragedy  is  now  going  on  all  the 
time,  and  no  one  seems  to  care. 


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PART  IV 


V  / 


Ctjcrp  iWemlier  CanbaSsf 


THE  WAY  TO  DO  IT 

If  you  are  introducing  weekly  giving 
for  missions  in  your  church 

1.  Appoint  a  strong  missionary  committee  to  assist  the 
pastor  in  the  missionary  work  of  the  church. 

2.  Conduct  a  campaign  of  missionary  education  covering 
several  weeks  in  which  the  missionary  work  of  the  churches 
is  set  forth  as  well  as  instruction  and  appeal  for  steward¬ 
ship  and  systematic  giving. 

3.  Put  through  a  Personal  Every-Member  Canvass  of  all 
members  of  the  congregation,  the  canvassers  going,  if 
possible,  two  by  two,  having  first  been  instructed  and 
their  visit  to  the  people  having  been  announced. 

4.  Make  the  basis  of  the  canvass  a  carefully  considered  sub¬ 
scription  on  the  weekly  basis  for  missions. 

5.  Have  it  understood  that  the  subscriptions  are  to  be  paid 
weekly,  as  are  church  expense  pledges,  in  envelopes 
provided  for  the  purpose. 

6.  Appoint  a  separate  missionary  Treasurer  who  looks  after 
missionary  funds  and  makes  remittances  at  least  quar¬ 
terly  to  the  missionary  societies. 

41 


A  WORD  OF  ENCOURAGEMENT 
TO  THE  CANVASSER 


Christ* s  Appeal  to  Your  Manhood, — The  work  of  the  can¬ 
vasser  is  not  easy.  But  neither  was  the  road  to  Calvary,  nor  does 
a  strong  man  ask  for  a  child’s  task.  To  offer  it  is  an  insult.  The 
Master  did  not  so  deal  with  his  disciples  nineteen  hundred  years 
ago.  He  has  not  changed  His  method  in  dealing  with  his  disciple 
of  to-day.  “If  any  man  will  follow  Me,  let  him  deny  himself 
and  take  up  his  cross  and  follow  me.” 

Your  Master  honors  you  to-day  by  calling  you  to  this  difficult 
task.  He  has  confidence  in  your  manhood.  Do  not  disappoint 
Him. 

This  Canvass  is  Your  Opportunity, — The  cause  you  rep¬ 
resent  is  the  worthiest  in  the  world.  The  outstretched  hands  of 
the  Master  are  the  appeal  to  the  world,  “Come  unto  Me  all  ye 
that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden.”  His  command  to  his  followers 
is,  “Go  ye  into  all  the  world”  and  make  Calvary’s  story  known. 
You  may  not  be  able  to  go  in  person,  you  may  not  be  able  to 
give  large  amounts  personally,  but  you  can  urge  others  like  you 
to  give  their  utmost.  This  Canvass  is  your  opportunity  to 
do  so, 

Joy  in  the  Work, — young  man,  fully  conscious  of  his  priv¬ 
ilege  and  of  the  call  of  the  Master  to  assist  in  furthering  the 
Gospel,  for  two  weeks  every  night  traveled  afoot  many  miles  in 
the  heart  of  a  cold,  northern  winter  to  canvass  the  members  of 
his  congregation  living  in  the  country.  What  to  many  a  man 
would  have  been  a  great  hardship  was  to  this  young  man  a  real 
joy.  With  a  radiance  that  is  born  only  of  such  Christian  service, 
he  spoke  of  the  success  which  had  accompanied  his  labors. 

The  People  Are  Ready* — Some  few  people  may  make  your 
visits  unpleasant,  but  on  the  whole,  we  believe  the  average  Chris¬ 
tian,  when  he  is  clearly  told  of  the  great  blessings  which  his 
offering  will  bring  to  himself,  his  congregation,  and  the  cause 
of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  in  general,  will  be  unable  to  resist  the 
appeal. 

Keep  on  the  Spiritual  Side  of  the  Issue,— Keep  in  mind 
simply  the  need  which  this  canvass  is  to  meet.  Think  of  those 
without  the  Gospel  in  America  and  in  foreign  lands,  also  of 
those  who  for  one  reason  or  another,  have  a  claim  to  our  be¬ 
nevolent  gifts.  This  will  help  you  to  rise  above  the  plane  of 
money-getting  to  the  higher  spiritual  level.  Where  men  are 
made  to  see  the  need  they  will  not  complain  about  “this  ever¬ 
lasting  begging,”  but  will  regret  that  they  have  not  more  to 
contribute;  more  than  that,  they  will  joyously  share  even  their 
scant  fare  with  another  still  more  needy. 

Therefore,  go  to  the  task  prayerfully,  cheerfully,  courage¬ 
ously,  hopefully,  knowing  that  you  are  rendering  a  real  service 
to  the  Master  and  to  your  fellow-man.  Men  in  yonder  world  will 
rise  up  to  call  you  blessed,  and  the  Master  will  add  his  “Well 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant.” 

42 


WHAT  THE  EVERY-MEMBER 
CANVASS  DOES 


Looking  at  this  subject  from  other  points  of  view  than 
those  which  are  financial,  we  may  say  that  an  annual  Every- 
Member  Canvass  unifies,  vivifies,  multiplies,  and  satisfies 
the  church  membership. 

UNIFIES 

It  unifies  the  church  membership  because  it  brings  every 
unit  into  vital  relation  with  the  whole  church.  It  gives  every 

member  a  share  in  the  activity  of  the  church.  To  be  sure, 
the  true  unity  of  the  church  centers  not  around  the  church 
treasury,  but  around  Jesus  Christ,  who  is  head  over  all  things. 

VIVIFIES 

It  vivifies  the  church  membership  because  it  enlists  a 
larger  proportion  of  its  membership  in  real,  earnest  work. 
Let  a  congregation  carry  out  the  Every-Member  Canvass  as 
suggested  by  the  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement,  men  and 
women  going  out  two  by  two,  to  every  home,  bringing  infor¬ 
mation  concerning  the  great  causes  of  the  Kingdom,  spreading 
interest,  carrying  inspiration,  and  that  congregation  soon 
shows  new  signs’  of  awakened  spiritual  life  and  activity* 
Repeat  that  every  year,  the  committees  of  two  having  new 
material  for  information,  education,  and  inspiration  to  carry 
on  their  round  of  visits,  and  the  growth  of  that  congrega¬ 
tion  in  every  department  of  life  and  activity  as  a  congrega¬ 
tion  of  Christian  believers  and  servants  of  God  will  become 
remarkable.  This  implies,  of  course,  that  the  Every-Member 
Canvass  is  not  merely  an  effort  to  get  pledges  for  the  support 
of  the  congregation  on  the  one  hand  and  for  the  benevolent 
and  missionary  purposes  on  the  other  hand,  but  that  it  is,  as 
it  also  ought  to  be,  a  systematic  campaign  of  education  and 
inspiration  along  all  lines  of  Christian  activity. 

43 


MULTIPLIES 


The  Every-Member  Canvass,  moreover,  multiplies  the 
church  membership.  It  multiplies  the  activity  of  the  mem¬ 
bers,  the  current  income,  the  contributions  for  purposes  out¬ 
side  of  the  congregation,  and  therefore  the  love,  the  service, 
the  usefulness,  the  influence  of  the  church.  Many  pastors 
who  have  given  this  method  a  trial  could  testify  concerning 
the  manifold  blessed  results  of  it  in  their  congregations. 

SATISFIES 

•> 

And,  though  some  are  loath  to  believe  it,  this  method 
satisfles  the  church  membership.  The  social  feature  of  the 
visits  of  the  committees  in  the  homes  of  the  members  is  help¬ 
ful  and  pleasant.  The  pastor  and  church  council  are  ma¬ 
terially  aided  in  their  work  as  the  officers  of  the  congregation 
by  the  reports  of  the  committees  after  their  visits.  The 
members  are  surprised  and  delighted  with  the  showing  which 
the  congregation  makes  in  the  matter  of  benevolence. 

An  annual  Every-Member  Canvass  is  one  of  the  essen¬ 
tial  features  of  an  adequate  financial  system  in  a  Christian 
congregation  in  America;  but  it  does  very  much  more  for  a 
congregation  than  merely  to  increase  its  financial  income. 


A  Pastor’s  Way  of  Putting  It 

This  is  the  way  one  pastor  expressed  his  conviction  re¬ 
garding  the  way  in  which  the  every-member  canvass  ought 
to  be  conducted. 


Six  P^s 

PERSONALLY 

PRIVATELY 

PRAYERFULLY 

PATIENTLY 

POINTEDLY 

PRESSINGLY 


44 


Missionary  Finance 

An  item  in  the  program  of  the  missionary  committee  is  to 
provide  for  the  adequate  financial  support  of  missions. 

(1)  Teaching  on  Stewardship. 

Stress  stewardship  in  the  regular  educational  program  of 
the  church,  thus  preparing  for  the  definite  presentation  of  the 
financial  appeal.  Adopt  the  Scriptural  rule  of  a  weekly  offering 
for  missions  and  benevolences. 

Retain  the  annual  collection  to  accommodate  those  not 
willing  to  comply  with  the  Scriptural  requirement.  Encourage 
the  practice  in  some  cases  of  daily  giving. 

Present  the  opportunity  for  special  offerings  on  suitable 
occasions,  such  as  Thanksgiving,  Christmas,  and  Easter. 

(2)  The  Weekly  Offering. 

Why  a  weekly  offering  for  missions?  The  only  way  to  take 
missionary  giving  off  the  present  weakly  basis  is  to  put  it  on  a 
weekly  basis.  More  men  will  give,  and  will  give  more.  Far 
from  decreasing,  the  contributions  to  current  expenses  actually 
increase  thereby.  It  is  fair.  “Love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself.” 
There  is  no  better  justification  than  missions  for  having  a  better 
plan  for  securing  current  expenses. 


ADOPT  PAUL’S  PLAN  OF  CHURCH  FINANCE 

(1  Cor.  16:2.) 


ERIODIC 
“Upon  the  first 
day  of  the  week 


Worshipful 

Habitual 

Prayerful 

Cheerful 


ERSONAL 
let  each  one  of  you 


Each  Man 
Each  Woman 
Each  Boy 
Each  Girl 
No  Proxies 
’No  Merging 


ROVIDENT 
lay  by  him 
in  store 


Forehanded 

Deliberate 

Thoughtful 

Intelligent 


ROPORTIONATE 
as  he  niay 
prosper 


Generous 

Careful 

Responsible 

Faithful 


REVENTIVE 
that  no  collections 
be  made  when  I  come.’’ 


No  Deficit 
No  Interest 
on  Loans 
No  Worry 
No  Retrenchment 


I 


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PLEDGE  CARD  No.  1. 

First  Christian  Church, 

COVINGTON,  KY. 

PLEDGE 

FOR  CHRISTIAN  MISSIONS 

YEAR  1911 

I  pledge  for  Christian  Missions,  the  fol 
lowing  offering  to  be  paid  weekly : 

HOME  MISSIONS,  -  -  -  -  $ _ 


FOREIGN  MISSIONS,  -  -  -  $ 


TOTAL  WEEKLY  PLEDGE,  $ 

Name _ 

Add  ress _ 

Date  _ _ 


PLEDGE  CARD  No.  2. 


MISSIONS 

AT  HOME 


MISSIONS 


MISSIONS 

ABROAD 


Per  Week* 

$5 

$4 

— 

$3 

$2 

$1 

.50 

.25 

.10 

Enter  amounts 
larger  than  $5  or 
smaller  than  10c. 
in  blank  space! . 


Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  (^SYSTEMATICALLY) 

Let  every  one  of  you  (INDIVIDUALLY) 
lay  by  him  in  store  as  God  hath  prospered  him”  (PROPORTIONATELY)^ 

— 1  Cor.  16  ;  2. 


For  the  extension  of  the  Kingdom  AT  HOME 
and  ABROAD,  I  wish  to  give  on  the  WEEKLY*  basis, 
until  revoked,  the  amounts  checked  on  the  margins. 


I  prefer  to  make  my  payments - 

(State  whether  weekly,  monthly,  or  if  annually,  whefa.) 


NAME _ 

ADDRESS- 


’^AII  subscriptions  are  calculated  on  the  WEEKLY  basis,  although 
payments  may  be  made  as  desired.  If  no  preference  is  expressed,  payment 
will  be  understood  to  be  weekly. 


Per  Week* 

$5 

— 

$4 

$3 

$2 

$1 

.50 

.25 

.10 

Enter  amounts 
larger  than  $5  or 
smaller  than  10c. 
in  blank  spaces. 


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PLEDGE  CARD  No.  3. 


**Go  ye  therefore  and  make  disciples  of 
all  the  nations.  *  * 

Norwood  Christian  Church 

PLEDGE 

Christian  Missions 

FOR  YEAR  1911 

I  pledge  for  Christian  Missions,  the 
following  offering  to  be  paid  weekly : 

HOME  MISSIONS 

For  American  Christian  Missionary  Society  . 

For  Ohio  Christian  Missionary  Society  -  . . 

For  Board  of  Church  Extension  -  -  -  . 

For  Board  of  Ministerial  Relief  ;  -  -  . 

FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

For  Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society  . . 

Total  Weekly  Pledge  -  -  . 


Name . 

Date . 191 . Address . 

**Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week,  let  each  one 
of  you  lay  by  him  in  store  as  he  may  prosper  that 
no  collections  be  made  when  /  come.  ’  * 


PLEDGE  CARD  No.  4. 

SHELBYVILLE  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH 

MISSIONS 

“  Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  him  in 
store  as  God  hath  prospered  him.” — 1  Cor.  16:2. 

For  Christian  Missions  and  Benevolences,  I  pledge  on 
the  weekly  basis,  for  the  Missionary  year  beginning  Oct.  1, 
1912,  the  amount  checked  below.  This  is  to  be  paid 
weekly  unless  I  designate  otherwise. 


$5  1  $3 

$1 

75c 

50c 1 40c 1 30c 

25c 

20c 

15c 

10c 

5c 

j 

i  1 

Name . 

Address 


In  case  the  above  pledge  card  is  used  it  would  be  well  to  print  the  names  of  the 
different  missionary  causes  on  the  reverse  side,  \^th  spaces  for  each  Thus  the  donor 
can  indicate,  if  he  desires,  the  proportion  of  his  gift  he  wishes  to  go  to  each  cause. 

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cap- 


sue 


Every  Congregation 
Making  a  Canvass, 


Every  Member  Mak 
ing  a  Pledge, 


Every  Pledge  as  God 
has  prospered. 


Jesus  is  still  sitting  over 
against  the  Treasury,  ::  :: 


48 


Eighteen  Suggestions  On  How  to 
Conduct  the  Every-Member 
Canvass  for  Missions 


The  Every-Member  Canvass 
for  missions  is  in  most  congre¬ 
gations  a  new  plan,  and  nat¬ 
urally  there  are  very  few  men 
who  have  had  experience  in 
such  a  work.  Moreover,  the 
average  man  is  deeply  conscious 
of  his  lack  of  knowledge  about 
the  Church’s  extension  work. 
He  feels  handicapped  in  at¬ 
tempting  to  influence  others 
to  make  a  missionary  offering. 
The  following  suggestions  have 
been  drawn  from  the  varied 
experiences  of  many  commit¬ 
tees  that  have  successfully  con¬ 
ducted  the  Every-Member  Can¬ 
vass: 

1.  The  leading  men  of  the 
congregation  should  be  en¬ 
listed  actively  in  the  work. 
There  is  no  greater  work  in  this 
world  than  the  evangelization 
of  the  world.  The  biggest  com¬ 
mercial,  industrial,  and  scien¬ 
tific  enterprises  should  not  be 
given  precedence  over  this  still 
larger  undertaking.  The  es¬ 
tablishment  of  the  Kingdom  of 
Jesus  Christ  throughout  the 
world  is  worthy  of  and  should 
receive  the  best  efforts  of  the 
best  men.  The  late  Justice 
Brewer,  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States,  worked 
enthusiastically  in  the  personal 
canvass  of  his  own  church. 
Throughout  the  country  men 
high  in  financial  and  profes¬ 
sional  circles  have  found  gen¬ 
uine  satisfaction  in  this  per¬ 
sonal  service. 


2.  Each  canvasser  should 
seek  to  inform  himself  as  fully 
as  possible  concerning  our  mis¬ 
sionary  work.  Send  twenty- 
five  cents  to  the  Foreign  Chris¬ 
tian  Missionary  Society  for 
three  packets  of  pamphlets  on 
the  fields  and  work  of  the 
Society.  The  societies  doing 
Home  Missionary  work  will 
also  be  glad  to  send  literature. 

3.  The  subscription  cards 
and  duplex  envelopes  should  be 
ordered  at  least  two  weeks  in 
advance  of  the  inauguration  of 
the  canvass.  It  requires  time 
in  which  to  manufacture  and 
print  the  envelopes.  The  sub¬ 
scription  cards,  at  least,  should 
be  on  hand  the  night  the  sup¬ 
per  is  held. 

4.  There  should  also  be  on 
hand  on  the  evening  of  the 
supper,  preferably  in  card-in¬ 
dex  form,  the  name,  street  ad¬ 
dress,  and  telephone  number 
of  all  members  of  the  Church. 

5.  The  members  of  the  Every- 
Member  Canvass  Committee 
should  meet  immediately  after 
the  supper  for  preliminary  or¬ 
ganization,  if  not  for  the  actual 
assignment  of  names  and  in¬ 
auguration  of  the  canvass. 

6.  If  there  should  not  be 
time  on  the  evening  of  the 
supper  to  assign  names  for  the 
canvass,  the  committee  should 
meet  the  following  evening  for 
the  careful  assignment  of 
names  to  the  members  of  the 


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committee.  A  record  should 
be  kept  of  all  assignments. 
The  simplest  way  to  do  this  is 
to  have  a  duplicate  card-index 
of  the  names  to  be  canvassed. 
Hand  one  card  to  the  canvasser. 
Retain  the  duplicate  with  the 
name  of  the  canvasser  noted 
upon  it. 

7.  It  is  important  that  the 
canvassers  go  two  by  two.  A 
great  mistake  has  been  made 
in  many  instances  by  having  a 
canvasser  go  alone.  Not  only 
is  it  more  difficult  to  put  aside 
a  delegation  of  two  than  it  is 
to  say  “No”  to  one,  but  the 
two  men  supplement  each 
other’s  work  and  greatly  en¬ 
hance  the  educational  value  of 
the  canvass,  for  after  all  the 
educational  and  spiritual  influ¬ 
ence  of  the  canvass  is  a  para¬ 
mount  consideration. 

8.  The  distribution  of  the 
names  to  the  members  of  the 
committee  should  not  be  by 
any  arbitrary  alphabetical  or 
geographical  method,  but  the 
members  of  the  committee 

‘  should  select  or  should  be  given 
the  names  of  the  persons  with 
whom  they  are  best  acquainted, 
or  with  whom  they  are  most 
influential. 

9.  The  canvassers  should,  if 
possible,  be  coached  concern¬ 
ing  their  work  just  as  salesmen 
and  other  effective  business 
men  are  trained  before  engag¬ 
ing  in  any  important  business 
undertaking.  If  there  is  an 
insurance  man  or  a  sales  man¬ 
ager  in  the  parish,  ask  him  to 
give  an  evening  to  this  coaching 
work.  One  group  of  canvassers 
found  it  advantageous  to  prac¬ 
tice  upon  one  another  before 
beginning  their  work.  The 
committee  was  called  together 
and  one  team  was  asked  to  do 
the  canvassing,  while  one  of 
the  men  present  impersonated 
the  individual  to  be  canvassed. 


10.  The  following  are  among 
the  points  that  may  well  be  re¬ 
membered  by  the  canvasser  in 
connection  with  each  visit: 

(a)  Equip  yourself  with  sub¬ 
scription  cards  and,  if  possible, 
with  the  sample  of  the  duplex 
envelope. 

(b)  Pray  that  you  may  be  of 
use  in  helping  others  to  take 
their  share  in  furthering  the 
Church’s  mission. 

(c)  Realize  that  the  money 
offering  which  is  needed  can 
only  come  as  an  expression  of 
interest  on  the  part  of  the  in¬ 
dividual  whom  you  are  seeking 
to  enlist.  Seek,  therefore,  to 
enlist  his  interest  as  well  as  to 
secure  his  subscription. 

(d)  Avoid  argument  so  far  as 
possible. 

(e)  Distinguish  between  sin¬ 
cere  and  insincere  objections 
and  handle  them  accordingly. 

(f)  Do  not  agree  easily  to  a 
postponement  of  decision.  Ask 
for  an  immediate  reply.  A 
small  amount  per  week  secured 
in  the  first  instance  will  be 
better  than  promises  of  a  larger 
amount  in  the  uncertain  fu¬ 
ture. 

(g)  Note  on  a  card  bearing 
the  name  of  the  objector  any 
reason  which  may  be  given  for 
not  contributing.  The  objec¬ 
tion  may  be  met  subsequently 
with  suitable  missionary 
pamphlets  and  by  other  meth¬ 
ods  carefully  planned  to  this 
end. 

11.  The  experience  of  the  pas¬ 
tor  should  be  utilized.  Through 
long  experience  he  has  doubt¬ 
less  located  most  of  the  diffi¬ 
culties  and  objections  that  are 
urged  by  people  who  do  not 
contribute,  or  who  contribute 
inadequately,  to  the  missionary 
cause.  He  can  render  impor¬ 
tant  service  in  coaching  the 
canvassers. 


12.  It  is  not  necessary,  nor 
always  advantageous,  to  begin 
the  canvass  with  the  largest 
subscribers.  One  of  the  most 
successful  and  deeply  spiritual 
money  raisers  in  America  be¬ 
gan  his  canvass  for  the  mis¬ 
sionary  offering  by  going  to  the 
poorest  member  of  his  church, 
a  woman  who  was  in  part  de¬ 
pendent  upon  charity.  By  a 
distinct  personal  sacrifice  she  . 
was  able  to  save  and  contribute 
five  cents  per  week,  and  had 
great  joy  in  making  this  weekly 
contribution.  The  next  person 
approached  was,  of  course,  con¬ 
scious  of  the  enjoyment  of 
more  of  the  comforts  of  life 
than  the  good  woman  who  had 
contributed  the  five  cents,  and, 
with  somewhat  larger  re¬ 
sources,  could  not  consistently 
subscribe  less  than  ten  cents 
per  week,  which  practically  es¬ 
tablished  a  minimum  weekly 
gift  for  the  church.  Others 
still  better  provided  with  this 
world’s  goods  felt  stimulated 
to  give  correspondingly  larger 
amounts,  and  thus  there  re¬ 
sulted  not  only  a  great  increase 
in  missionary  gifts,  but  new 
consecration  of  life  to  the  mis¬ 
sionary  cause. 

13.  The  canvassers  should 
arrange,  if  possible,  to  lunch 
together  each  day  to  receive 
reports  and  exchange  experi¬ 
ences.  If  it  is  impracticable 
to  lunch  together,  a  system  of 
daily  reports  should  be  ar¬ 
ranged,  so  that  the  chairman 
may  know  each  day  just  how 
the  canvass  stands. 

14.  The  canvass  should  have 
a  definite  time  limit  of  not 


more  than  ten  days  or  two 
weeks.  Some  of  the  most  suc¬ 
cessful  canvasses  have  been 
completed  within  four  days. 

15.  A  report  of  progress 
should  be  made  at  any  church 
services  that  are  held  during 
the  canvass,  and  a  final  report 
made  to  the  congregation  at 
its  conclusion.  The  final  re¬ 
port  meeting  should  be  made 
the  occasion  for  special  thanks¬ 
giving  and  prayer. 

16.  If  there  are  some  who,  on 
account  of  illness  or  absence 
from  the  community,  can  not 
be  seen  before  the  final  meet¬ 
ing,  arrange  to  canvass  them 
as  soon  as  possible.  Personal 
letters  may  be  used  effectively 
with  absent  members. 

17.  Every  step  of  the  can¬ 
vass  should  be  permeated  with 
prayer.  In  one  of  the  most 
successful  canvasses  the  can¬ 
vassers  met  at  the  church  each 
morning  for  prayer  before  en¬ 
gaging  in  the  work  of  the  day. 
If  it  is  not  feasible  to  meet  at 
the  church  each  morning, 
prayer  should  be  kept  foremost 
in  the  life  and  the  work  of  the 
individuals.  As  a  result  of  the 
Every-Member  Canvass  in  one 
church  the  erection  of  thirty 
family  altars  is  reported. 

18.  The  conclusion  of  the 
canvass  should  be  regarded  as 
only  the  beginning  of  a  com¬ 
prehensive  educational  cam¬ 
paign  which  will  be  conducted 
steadily  throughout  the  year 
for  the  broadening  of  the  in¬ 
terest  and  deepening  of  the 
spiritual  life  of  the  church. 


51 


PART  V 


®f)e  Eibing'Unfe  ^reatJiersf 


The  following  pages  show  the  pictures  of  most  of  our 
Living-link  pastors.  It  has  been  impossible  to  secure  all. 
We  have  aimed  to  represent  each  Church,  Sunday-school, 
College,  and  some  of  the  individual  supporters  of  missionaries. 

We  are  sure  this  will  prove  a  very  interesting  feature  of 
the  March  Offering  Manual.  Some  churches  do  far  more 
than  support  a  missionary,  as  for  example:  First  Church, 
Akron,  Ohio;  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Franklin  Circle, 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  Uniontown,  Pa.;  Hopkinsville,  Ky.;  Jack¬ 
sonville,  Ill.;  University  Place,  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  others. 

Sometimes  a  group  of  churches  in  a  county  provides  the 
salary  of  a  missionary.  This  method  has  proven  to  be  an  in¬ 
spiration  to  such  churches. 

Four  Sunday-schools  rank  as  Living-links.  This,  num¬ 
ber  might  be  multiplied  by  ten  at  once. 

Twelve  individual  friends  support  a  missionary  each. 
This  number  can  be  doubled  before  the  present  year  closes. 

There  were  more  than  thirty  new  Living-links  last 
year.  There  are  a  number  of  others  considering  this  step. 
Indeed,  we  are  just  coming  to  appreciate  the  wide  field  the 
Living-link  presents.  Many  comparatively  small  churches 
are  in  this  class.  They  have  vision  and  a  genuine  gospel 
passion,  and  God  has  abundantly  blessed  every  one  of  them. 
Almost  any  church  of  two  hundred  members  can  enter  this 
rank.  Of  course,  it  will  require  effort  and  a  down-right  pur¬ 
pose,  but  that  is  the  spirit  of  the  New  Testament  church. 
This  step  will  enlarge  and  strengthen  the  church  for  every 
duty  before  it.  This  is  the  road  by  which  some  of  our 
churches  have  come  to  usefulness  and  a  splendid  example 
throughout  the  brotherhood.  God  has  graciously  fulfilled  his 
promise  as  churches  have  followed  the  line  of  obedience. 

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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 


ALABAMA 


CANADA 


CALIFORNIA 


H.  Pearce  Atkins, 

First  Church,  Birming 
ham,  Ala. 


C.  O.  Reynard, 
Cecil  Street  Church, 
Toronto,  Canada. 


G.  H.  Waters, 
Pomona,  Cal. 


C.  R.  Hudson, 
Pomona,  Cal. 


CALIFORNIA 


H.  O.  Breeden, 

First  Church,  Fresno, 
Cal. 


F.  M.  Rogers, 
Long  Beach,  Cal. 


R.  W.  Abberley, 

Magnolia  Ave.  Church, 
Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


R.  F.  Thrapp, 

First  Church,  Los  An¬ 
geles,  Cal. 


J.  P.  McKnight, 

First  Church,  Pasa 
dena,  Cal. 


W.  E.  Crabtree, 

Central  Church,  San 
Diego,  Cal. 


H.  C.  Holmes, 
Watsonville,  Cal. 


Cut  not  available 


H.  B.  Patterson,  • 
First  Church,  Pacific 
Grove,  Cal. 


Cut  not  available 


D.  F.  Stafford, 
Covina,  Cal. 


“  We  find  it  easier  to  raise  two  dollars  for  the  Living-link  than  we  did  to 
raise  one  dollar  before  we  began  to  support  Mrs.  Dr.  Macklin,  Nankin,  China. 

— R.  H.  Welshimer,  Canton,  O. 

“  The  Living-link  will  live,  for  it  lengthens  our  helping  hand,  dignifies  church 
work,  and  makes  prayers  specific.” — W.  E.  Crabtree,  San  Diego,  Cal. 

“The  spirit  of  evangelism  is  a  growing  one  among  us  as  a  result  of  the  Living- 
link  work.” — Stephen  E.  Fisher,  Champaign,  III. 


LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

ILLINOIS 


Stephen  Fisher, 
University  PL  Church, 
Champaign,  Ill. 


E,  S.  Ames, 

Hyde  Park,  Chicago, 
Ill. 


J.  A.  Barnett, 

Third  Church,  Dan¬ 
ville,  Ill. 


Clyde  Darsie, 
Jacksonville,  Ill. 


T.  A.  Hall, 
Lawrenceville,  Ill. 


Ransom  D.  Brown, 
Le  Roy,  Ill. 


Paris,  Ill. 


M.  L.  Pontius, 
Peoria,  Ill. 


District  of  Columbia 


Wm.  Price,  F.  W.  Burnham, 

Peoria,  Ill.  Springfield,  Ill. 


C  C  Kind  ed 

Englewood  Church, 
Chicago,  Ill. 


Earl  Wilfley, 

Vermont  Ave.,  Wash¬ 
ington,  D.  C. 


“The  Living-link  idea  is  just  the  thing.  It  is  a  defiinite  work.  It  stimulates 
the  church.’’ — W.  H.  Book,  Columbus,  Ind. 

“The  Living-link  plan  has  abundantly  justified  itself  in  practice.’’ 

— A.  B.  Philputt,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

“  I  am  happy  to  speak  in  commendation  of  the  Living-link  plan.’’ 

— Finis  Idleman,  Des  Moines,  la. 


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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 


COLORADO 


FLORIDA 


G.  B.  VanArsdall, 

Central  Church,  Den¬ 
ver,  Col. 


S.  E.  Brewster, 
Colorado  Springs,  Col. 


J.  T.  Boone,  Claude  C.  Jones, 

First  Church,  Jackson-  Main  Sfreet,  Jackson 
ville,  Fla.  ville,  Fla. 


INDIANA 


J.  Boyd  Jones, 
Anderson,  Ind. 


W.  H.  Smith, 
Bloomington,  Ind. 


W.  H.  Book, 

Tabernacle  Church, 
Columbus,  Ind. 


L.  E.  Brown, 
Connersville,  Ind. 


Jas.  Burkhart, 
Frankfort,  Ind. 


Clay  Trusty, 

Seventh  Street  Church, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


A.  L.  Ward, 

Central  Church,  Leba¬ 
non,  Ind. 


Moody  Edwards, 

Flat  Rock  Church,  New 
Salem,  Ind. 


“The  missionary  supports  the  home  church  in  a  loftier  plane  of  work.” 

— Geo.  W.  Hemry,  South  Bend,  Ind. 

“  It  brings  the  heathen  field  to  your  very  door.  Then  one  link  leads  to  an¬ 
other.  Think  of  the  infiuence  on  a  church  of  half  a  dozen  of  its  own  Living-link 
missionaries.” — /.  J,  Spencer,  Lexington,  Kv» 

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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

INDIANA 


F.  E.  Smith,  C.  M.  Yocum, 

Jackson  St.  Church,  Rushville,  Ind. 

Muncie,  Ind. 


G.  W.  Hemry,  J.  G.  Smith, 

South  Bend,  Ind.  Oxford,  Ind.,  with 

churches  in  county 


Geo.  Darsie, 

Central  Church,  Terre 
Haute,  Ind. 


W.  Earl  Anderson, 

Danville,  Ind.,  with 
churches  in  county 


’  Cut  not  available 


h 


A.  B.  Philputt, 


Central  Church, 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 


J.  R.  Golden 
Angola,  Ind. 


GEORGIA 


KANSAS 


MICHIGAN 


Howard  T.  Cree, 

First  Church,  Augusta, 
Ga. 


F.  Ellsworth  Day, 
Highland,  Kan. 


W.  S.  Priest, 

Central  Church, 
Wichita,  Kan. 


C.  J.  Tanner, 

Central  Church,  De¬ 
troit,  Mich. 


“  If  the  churches  now  ‘ living  at  a  poor  dying  rate’  will  link  themselves  to  the 
living  mission  they  will  feel  the  impulse  of  a  new,  rich,  abounding  life  to  which 
they  are  now  strangers.  This  is  the  joyful  experience  of  the  Winchester  church.” 

— J.  H.  MacNeill,  Winchester,  Ky. 

“The  reflex  influence  on  the  church  is  a  constant  blessing.  Missionary  zeal 
is  greatly  increased,  and  all  departments  of  church  life  and  work  receive  an  uplift.” 

— C.  J.  Tannar,  Detroit,  Mich. 


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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

KENTUCKY 


M.  G.  Buckner, 
Owensboro,  Ky. 


Robt.  N.  Simpson, 
Harrodsburg,  Ky. 


Mark  Collis, 

Broadway  Church, 
Lexington,  Ky. 


W.  N.  Briney, 

Broadway  Church, 
Louisville,  Ky. 


H.  D.  Smith, 
Hopkinsville,  Ky. 


E.  L.  Powell,  Joseph  D.  Armistead, 

First  Church,  Louis-  Cynthiana,  Ky. 

ville,  Ky. 


H.  C.  Garrison, 
Danville,  Ky. 


Roger  T.  Nooe, 
Frankfort,  Ky 


W.  P.  Crouch, 
Louisville,  Ky. 


J.  J.  Castleberry, 
Mayfield,  Ky. 


W.  A.  Fite, 
Paducah,  Ky. 


“  The  Living-link  plan  is  the  Apostolic  plan  of  missions.” 

— H.  C.  Garrison,  Danville,  Ky. 

”  The  Hopkinsville  church  is  delighted  with  the  Living-link  plan.” 

— H.  D.  Smith,  Hopkinsville,  Ky. 

“The  Living-link  method  of  missionary  work  is  ideal  in  idea  and  practice.” 

— E.  L.  Pozvell,  Louisville,  Ky. 


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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

KENTUCKY 


G.  M.  Brooks, 

Nicholas  County, 
Carlisle,  Ky. 


J.  H.  MacNeill, 
Winchester,  Ky. 


R.  H.  Crossfleld, 

Pres’t  College  of  the 
Bible  and  Transyl¬ 
vania  University, 
Lexington,  Ky. 


D.  M.  Walker,  E.  B.  Barnes, 

Stanford,  Ky.  First  Church,  Rich¬ 

mond,  Ky. 


Cut  not  available 


Jno.  S.  Crenshaw, 
Cadiz,  Ky. 


W.  E.  Ellis, 
Paris,  Ky. 


I.  J.  Spencer, 
Central  Church,  Lex¬ 
ington,  Ky. 


NEBRASKA 


H.  H.  Harmon, 

First  Church,  Lincoln, 
Neb. 


E.  J.  Silas, 
Lincoln,  Neb. 


W.  H.  Davis, 

Supt.  Sunday-school, 
Beatrice,  Neb. 


C.  F.  Stevens 

Beatrice  Church, 
Beatrice.  Neb. 


“The  Living-link  has  been  a  great  blessing  in  that  it  has  vitalized  and  deep¬ 
ened  missionary  zeal  in  the  church.’’ — Jesse  P.  McKniaht,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

“The  Living-link  incites  to  really  great  undertakings  at  home  as  well  as  in¬ 
tensifying  zeal  in  those  abroad.’’ — H.  C.  Holmes,  Watsonville,  Cal. 

“It  is  the  most  potent  influence  for  developing  the  spirit  of  unselfishness  in 
the  church.’’ — Ernest  J.  Stas,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 


MARYLAND 


C.  B.  Townsend,  Peter  Ainslie, 

Hagerstown,  Md.  Christian  Temple,  Bal¬ 

timore,  Md. 


MISSOURI 


W.  F.  Richardson, 

First  Church,  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 


G.  L.  Bush, 
Carrollton,  Mo. 


MISSOURI 


D.  W.  Moore, 
Carthage,  Mo. 


T.  E.  Winter, 
Fulton,  Mo. 


H.  K.  Pendleton,  Geo.  H.  Combs, 

Independence,  Mo.  Ind’ce  Blvd.  Church, 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 


B.  A.  Jenkins, 

South  Side,  Kansas 
City,  Mo. 


Graham  Frank, 
Liberty,  Mo. 


B.  T.  Wharton,  W.  A.  Shullenberger, 

Marshall,  Mo.  Mexico,  Mo. 


“The  Living-link  plan  enables  the  church  to  take  definite  aim,  and  through 
this  method  the  new  century  will  witness  the  surrender  of  heathenism  to  the  great 
Captain  of  our  Salvation.’’ — L.  W.  McCreary*  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

“  We  have  raised  more  money  with  less  effort.’’ 

— F.  M.  Roger,  Long  Beach,  Cal. 


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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 


B.  L.  Smith. 

Moberly,  Mo.  with 
'churches  in  county 


Levi  Marshall, 
Nevada,  Mo. 


Finis  Idleman, 

Central  Church,  Des 
Moines,  la. 


MISSOURI 


C.  M.  Chilton, 

First  Church,  St.  Jos¬ 
eph,  Mo. 


Cut  not  available 


Geo.  A.  Campbell, 

First  Church,  Hanni¬ 
bal,  Mo. 


Cut  not  available 


L.  W.  McCreary, 
Hamilton  Ave.  Ch., 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 


M.  A.  Hart, 
Columbia,  Mo. 


E.  M.  Todd, 
Canton,  Mo. 


IOWA 


C.  S.  Medbury, 

University  Place,  Des 
Moines,  la. 


R.  W.  Lilley, 

First  Church,  Keokuk, 
Iowa. 


B.  A.  Abbott, 

Union  Ave.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 


IOWA 


Walter  M.  White, 

First  Church,  Cedar 
Rapids,  la. 


Walter  B.  Zimmerman, 
Pleasantville,  la. 


“The  Living-link  idea  is  a  boon  to  the  missionaries.  It  gives  them  precious 
anchors  in  the  home  field.  They  know  that  somebody  cares  all  the  time.” 

• — C.  S.  Medbury,  Des  Moines,  la. 

“  Nothing  has  been  more  effective  in  awakening  the  individual  conscience  and 
in  enlisting  the  individual  Christian.” — W.  E.  Ellis,  Paris,  Ky. 

“We  rejoice  in  the  esteemed  privilege  of  being  numbered  with  the  Living-link 
churches.” — C.  B.  Reynolds,  Alliance,  O. 


LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

OHIO 


Wm.  Spanton, 

Supt.  Sunday-school, 
Akron,  O. 


F.  D.  Draper, 
Ashland,  O. 


C.  B.  Reynolds, 

First  Church,  Alliance, 
Ohio. 


Justin  N.  Green, 

Evanston  Church,  Cin¬ 
cinnati,  O. 


C.  R.  Stauffer, 
Norwood,  O. 


J.  H.  Goldner, 

Euclid  Avenue, 
Cleveland,  O 


F.  W.  Rothenberg, 

Franklin  Church, 
Cleveland,  O. 


O.  L.  Hull, 
Glenville  Church, 
Cleveland,  O. 


W.  A,  Harp,  John  P.  Sala, 

Collinwood,  O.  First  Church,  Dayton, 

Ohio 


E.  P.  Wise, 

First  Church,  East  Liv¬ 
erpool,  O. 


C.  R.  Oakley, 

First  Church,  Mans¬ 
field,  O. 


“I  am  only  too  glad  to  speak  a  word  of  commendation  for  the  Living-link 
plan  after  several  years’  experience.” — J.  H.  Goldner,  Cleveland,  O. 

“The  Living-link  relationship  has  been  a  blessing  to  us  as  a  church.  There 
is  a  directness,  reality,  and  personality  about  this  plan  that  awakens  enthusiasm.” 

— E.  P.  Wise,  East  Liverpool,  O. 

“The  Living-link  plan  is  the  only  plan  for  doing  big  things.” 

— H.  D.  C.  Maclachlan,  Richmond,  Va, 


LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

OHIO 


W.  H.  Boden, 
Nelsonville,  O. 


W.  D.  Ward, 
Newark,  O. 


B.  R.  Johnson, 
Wellsville,  O. 


Wm.  D.  Ryan, 

Central  Church, 
Youngstown,'0. 


P.  H.  Welshimer, 
Canton, O. 


H.  E.  Beckler, 
Springfield,^©. 


T.  L.  Lowe, 

West  Fourth  Ave., 
Columbus,  O. 


L.  G.  Batman, 

First  Church,  Youngs¬ 
town,  O. 


NEW  YORK 


Cut  not  available 

- - 


Jno.  E.  Pounds, 

Hiram,  O.,  L.  L.  with 
Ravenna 


Cut  not  available 


E.  A.  Hibler, 

Central  Church,  War¬ 
ren,  O. 


Cut  not  available 


A.  A.  Sebastian, 

Third  Church,  Buffalo, 
New  York 


B.  S.  Ferrall, 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


R.  H.  Miller, 

Richmond  Ave.  Ch., 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


L.  N.  D.  Wells, 

First  Church,  Akron, 
Ohio 


“The  Living-link  missionary  makes  any  church  a  world  power.” 

— Peter  Ainslee,  Baltimore,  Md. 

“The  Living-link  plan  will  settle  more  knotty  problems  in  your  local  field 
than  I  have  time  to  enumerate.” — B.  S.  Ferrall,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

“No  offering  we^^make  is  as  cheerfully  and  as  heartily  given.” 

—  V.  W.  Blair,  N.  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 


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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

NEW  YORK 


Ira  L.  Parvin, 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 


Geo.  B.  Evans, 

N.  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 


V.  W.  Blair, 

First  Church,  North 
Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 


J.  H.  Craig, 

First  Church,  Troy, 
N.  Y. 


PENNSYLVANIA 


Wallace  Tharp, 
Allegheny,  Pa. 


John  Ray  Ewers, 

East  End  Church, 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Cloyd  Goodnight,  Walter  Mansell, 

Central,  Uniontown,  Washington,  Pa. 

Pa. 


VIRGINIA 


TENNESSEE 


Cut  not  available 


C.  M.  Watson, 

Freemason  St.  Church, 
Norfolk,  Va. 


H.  D.  C.  MacLachlin, 

Seventh  St.  Church, 
Richmond,  Va. 


Geo.  W.  Kemper, 

Hanover  Avenue  Ch., 
Richmond,  Va. 


Cut  not  available 


Chas.  E.  Powell, 

First  Church ,  Roanoke, 
Virginia 


Carey  E.  Morgan, 

Vine  Street  Church, 
Nashville,  Tenn. 


“When  our  church  had  once  seen  the  vision  it  was  as  easy  to  raise  $600  as  it 
was  formerly  to  raise  $60,  and  with  this  came  the  added  blessing,  it  was  easier  to  do 
everything  else.’’ — E.  M.  Waits,  Ft.  Worth,  Texas. 

“  No  more  beautiful  and  effective  plan  has  been  suggested  than  the  one  of  the 
churches  having  its  own  missionary  at  work  in  the  field.  It  makes  the  business 
alive  and  real.’’ — Wallace  Tharp,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

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LIVING-LINK  PREACHERS 

TEXAS 


C.  M.  Schoonover, 
Bonham,  Tex. 


J.  G.  Slayter, 

East  Church,  Dallas, 
Texas. 


P.  J.  Rice,  E.  M.  Waits, 

El  Paso,  Tex.  Mongolia  Ave.  Church, 

Ft.  Worth,  Tex. 


INDIVIDUALS 


W.  S.  Lockhart,  Hugh  McLellan, 

Houston,  Tex.  San  Antonio,  Tex. 


I.  W.  Gill, 
Wichita,  Kan. 


Wm.  Jno.  Minges, 
Des  Moines,  la. 


WEST  VIRGINIA 


WASHINGTON 


W.  E.  Pierce, 
Cameron,  W.  Va. 


Chas.  F.  Hutslar, 

Island  Church,  Wheel¬ 
ing,  W.  Va. 


Cut  not  available 


W.  B.  Hendershot, 

Central  Church,  Hunt¬ 
ington,  W.  Va. 


Cut  not  available 


Wm.  L.  Fisher,  J.  E.  Davis, 

First  Church,  Seattle,  Central  Church, 

Wash.  Spokane,  Wash. 


“The  Living-link  is  very  appropriate  for  it  links  the  church  at  home  in  the 
most  vital  way  with  the  foreign  field.’’ — Justin  N.  Green,  Evanston,  Cincinnati,  O, 

“  I  am  committed  to  the  Living-link  idea  because  I  believe  it  puts  life  into  all 
the  activities  of  the  church.’’ — M.  G,  Buckner,  Owensboro,  Ky, 

“The  offerings  are  less  likely  to  be  affected  disastrously  by  any  local  or  tem¬ 
porary  influence,  or  by  a  change  of  pastors.’’ — Carey  E.  Morgan,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


The  Missionary  Days 


The  missionary  days  have  been  of  immense  value  to  the  work,  and  should 
on  no  account  be  discontinued.  Where  the  missionary  budget  is  adopted  and  the 
duplex  envelope  is  used,  the  days  should  still  be  observed  for  educational  purposes. 
The  first  Sunday  in  March  gives  the  minister  an  opportunity  for  setting  forth 
and  emphasizing  the  work  of  the  Foreign  Society;  the  first  Sunday  in  May  affords 
him  an  opportunity  of  magnifying  the  work  of  Home  Missions ;  and  so  throughout 
the  year.  These  days  have  a  place  in  the  consciousness  of  tens  of  thousands  of  our 
people,  and  on  the  days  that  have  been  observed  so  long  they  will  expec^to  hear 
something  about  the  interests  the  days  represent. 

It  will  be  found  that  in  the  every-member  canvass  some  members  will  not 
agree  to  make  an  offering  for  Missions  every  week  in  the  year.  They  have  not 
been  accustomed  to  that  method,  and  they  are  not  prepared  to  adopt  it. 
And  this  is  not  practicable  in  thousands  of  country  churches.  It  will 
also  be  found  that  the  every-member  canvass  will  not  reach  all;  some  will  be  sick 
and  can  not  be  approached,  and  some  will  be  away  from  home  at  the  time  the 
canvass  is  made.  All  such  should  hear  about  the  work  and  should  have  a  chance 
tb  give.  If  the  days  are  not  observed,  the  chances  are  that  all  these  will  not  give 
anything. 

Not  only  so,  but  the  days  should  be  observed  for  the  benefit  of  new  converts, 
and  for  the  benefit  of  strangers  who  may  be  present,  and  for  the  sake  of  the 
outside  people  who  will  give  something  if  they  are  informed  as  to  the  nature  and 
extent  and  needs  of  the  work. 

The  records  of  the  Foreign  Society  show  that  in  many,  if  not  in  most,  of 
the  churches  that  have  adopted  the  duplex  envelope  less  money  is  received  than 
was  received  before.  This  is  not  because  the  new  method  is  defective,  but  because 
it  has  not  been  thoroughly  worked.  No  method  will  work  itself.  The  offerings 
were  smaller  than  before  because  the  duplex  envelope  was  supposed  to  possess  some 
magical  power.  There  was  less  education  and  less  concern  because  there  was  less 
education,  and,  naturally  enough,  the  offerings  were  smaller.  Reliance  upon  any 
method  is  certain  to  lead  to  disappointment. 

The  churches  that  use  the  duplex  envelope  should  know  that  it  is  not  a  labor- 
saving  device.  The  fact  is  that  if  the  duplex  envelope  is  to  yield  satisfactory  re¬ 
sults,  more  work  must  be  done  by  the  minister  and  the  Missionary  Committee  than 
was  done  under  the  system  it  displaced.  There  must  be  line  upon  line,  pre(^t 
upon  precept,  here  a  little,  and  there  a  great  deal.  The  need  of  systematic  and 
proportionate  and  sacrificial  giving  must  be  kept  before  the  churches  until  they  give 
as  did  those  churches  of  whom  the  apostle  spoke  when  he  said,  “To  their  power 
I  bear  witness,  yea,  and  beyond  their  power  they  gave  of  their  own  accord.” 

It  is  believed  that  the  time  will  never  come  when  the  great  missionary  days 
can  not  be  observed  with  great  profit.  However  that  may  be,  it  is  certain  that  they 

can  not  be  neglected  now  without  a  marked  falling  off  in  the  receipts. 

By  all  means  let  the  great  missionary  days  continue  to  be  worthily  observed. 


“SEND  US  ANYWHERE,  PROVIDED  IT  BE  FORWARD” 


A  CLARION  CALL 


A  call  comes  ringing  over  the  restless  waves  of  every  ocean. 
Its  clear  note  comes  from  every  mission  station  in  the  whole 
world.  Our  Lord  sounds  his  imperial  clarion  along  the  entire 
line  of  battle.  The  King’s  army  has  been  halting  already  too 
long.  The  soldiers  of  the  Cross  have  spent  over-time  in 
preparation.  It  is  time  for  the  whole  column  to  move  as 
one  man  upon  the  pagan  world.  The  last  commission  of  our 
Lord  comes  ringing  in  the  imperative,  “Go!”  We  must 
respond  quickly.  God  has  opened  the  door  of  every  nation 
on  earth.  The  facilities  of  the  modem  world  hasten  our 
footsteps. 

Will  not  the  clear  note  from  our  workers  pierce  our  dull 
ears  in  these  days  of  preparation  for  our  foreign  offering? 
Tibet  calls  from  the  roof  of  the  world.  The  Congo  cries  from 
the  submerged  continent.  India  asks  with  a  tenderness  and 
grace  to  touch  the  dullest  of  us  who  abide  at  home.  Our  mis¬ 
sionaries  call  long  and  loud.  They  are  over-worked.  Their 
children  and  wives  and  friends,  and  the  native  Christians, 
wonder  why  we  are  so  tardy  in  sending  reinforcements. 

The  call  comes  out  of  every  nation  on  earth.  And  the 
cry  is  loudest  and  most  insistent  in  those  lands  where  the 
missionaries  have  gone. 

These  weeks  should  be  a  period  of  self-examination,  and 
devout  prayer  to  God  should  be  made  that  we  may  hear 
anew  the  call  from  the  Captain  of  our  salvation.  This  is  no 
time  for  deaf  ears,  but  it  is  a  time  for  prompt  response. 


PLEASE  DO  NOT  FAIL  TO  TAKE  THE  MARCH  OFFERING 


